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    CHAPTER XIII.

    How nothing less was to be endured, in the order of things, than that the creature should take away the honor due the Creator and not restore what he takes away.

    Anselm. In the order of things, there is nothing less to be endured than that the creature should take away the honor due the Creator, and not restore what he has taken away.

    Boso. Nothing is more plain than this.

    Anselm. But there is no greater injustice suffered than that by which so great an evil must be endured.

    Boso. This, also, is plain.

    Anselm. I think, therefore, that you will not say that God ought to endure a thing than which no greater injustice is suffered, viz., that the creature should not restore to God what he has taken away.

    Boso. No; I think it should be wholly denied.

    Anselm. Again, if there is nothing greater or better than God, there is nothing more just than supreme justice, which maintains God's honor in the arrangement of things, and which is nothing else but God himself.

    Boso. There is nothing clearer than this.

    Anselm. Therefore God maintains nothing with more justice than the honor of his own dignity.

    Boso. I must agree with you.

    Anselm. Does it seem to you that he wholly preserves it, if he allows himself to be so defrauded of it as that he should neither receive satisfaction nor punish the one defrauding him.

    Boso. I dare not say so.

    Anselni. Therefore the honor taken away must be repaid, or punishment must follow; otherwise, either God will not be just to himself, or he will be weak in respect to both parties; and this it is impious even to think of.

    Boso. I think that nothing more reasonable can be said.

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