Infinite Justice and Infinite Mercy at the Cross | John Owen

Reformed Thinking · Apr 21, 2026 · 21m · transcript

Deep Dive into A Dissertation on Divine Justice by John Owen - The arguments of Socinus against punitory justice weighed — A false hypothesis of his — Sins, in what sense they are debts — The first argument of Socinus, in which he takes for granted what ought to have been proved — A trifling supposition substituted for a proof — Whether that excellence by virtue of which God punishes sins be called justice in the Scriptures — The severity of God, what — Our opponent’s second argument — It labours under the same defi- ciency as the first — It is not opposite to mercy to punish the guilty — The…