He will, then, reform his ways, and through the fear of losing his fortune he forsakes his iniquity.

Some, through a prosperity unworthily borne, have been hurled headlong to ruin; to some the power of the sword has been committed, to the end that the good may be tried by discipline, and the bad punished.

For while there can be no peace between the righteous and the wicked, neither can the wicked agree among themselves.

How should they, when each is at variance with himself, because his vices rend his conscience, and ofttimes they do things which, when they are done, they judge ought not to have been done.

Hence it is that this supreme providence brings to pass this notable marvel--that the bad make the bad good.