For what can there be in heaven or earth for a soul that believes in an unjust God?
To rejoice in such a belief would be to be a devil, and to believe what cannot be rejoiced in, is misery.

No doubt a man may not see the true nature of the things he thinks she believes, but that cannot save him from the loss of not knowing God, whom to know is alone eternal life; for who can know him that believes evil things of him?
That many a good man does believe such things, only argues his heart not yet one towards him.

To make his belief possible he must dwell on the good things he has learned about God, and not think about the bad things.
And what would Sophia say?
Lady Arctura would have sped to her friend for counsel before giving any answer to the audacious proposal, but she was just then from home for a fortnight, and she must resolve without her! She reflected also that she had not yet anything sufficiently definite to say to her uncle about the young man's false doctrine; and, for herself, concluded that, as she was well grounded for argument, knowing thoroughly the Shorter Catechism with the proofs from scripture of every doctrine it contained, it was foolish to fear anything from one who went in the strength of his own ignorant and presumptuous will, regardless of the opinions of the fathers of the church, and accepting only such things as were pleasing to his unregenerate nature.
But she hesitated; and after waiting for a week without receiving any answer to his proposal, Donal said to Davie, "We shall have a lesson in the New Testament to-morrow: you had better mention it to your cousin." The next morning he asked him if he had mentioned it.

The boy said he had.
"What did she say, Davie ?" "Nothing--only looked strange," answered Davie.
When the hour of noon was past, and lady Arctura did not appear, Donal said, "Davie, we'll have our New Testament lesson out of doors: that is the best place for it!" "It is the best place!" responded Davie, jumping up.

"But you're not taking your book, Mr.Grant!" "Never mind; I will give you a lesson or two without book first." Just as they were leaving the room, appeared lady Arctura with Miss Carmichael.
"I understood," said the former, with not a little haughtiness, "that you--" She hesitated, and Miss Carmichael took up the word.
"We wish to form our own judgment," she said, "on the nature of the religious instruction you give your pupil." "I invited lady Arctura to be present when I taught him about God," said Donal.
"Then are you not now going to do so ?" said Arctura.
"As your ladyship made no answer to my proposal, and school hours were over, I concluded you were not coming." "And you would not give the lesson without her ladyship!" said Miss Carmichael.