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quent acts and regulations, harmonious with this 

 first disposition. 



Notice again, as corroborative of our position, 

 the case of the Sabbath breaker which, if possible, 

 is still more personally severe than Adam's pun- 

 ishment. "And while the children of Israel 

 were in the wilderness, they found a man that 

 gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. And they 

 that found him gathering sticks brought him 

 unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congre- 

 gation. And they put him in ward, because it 

 was not declared what should be done to him. 

 And the Lord said unto Moses, the man shall 

 be surely put to death: all the congregation shall 

 stone him with stones without the camp. And 

 all the congregation brought him without the 

 camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died: 

 as the Lord commanded Moses." — Num. 15:32-36. 

 The following considerations appear from the 

 foregoing case: 



First, it is noticeable that the crime i-s hu- 

 manly disproportionate to the penalty. 



Second, God decides upon the relative heinous- 

 ness of the offence. 



Third, the penalty precludes the possible chance 

 for practical repentance. 



Fourth, the congregation acquiesces in the de- 

 cision, and inflicts the penalty. 



We will not now discuss the merits or demerit 



