_ 149 _ evil to go unpunished, nor a single good without reward.(A) It was right that those who were sons and greatly spoilt, and who have become hardened and refused God's mercy, should experience the full severity and rigour of God's justice like servants: They are unforgivable because when they had recognized God and glorified God's name and given thanks, they then withdrew into their own thoughts and their foolish hearts were darkened. On account of this God disapproved and gave them over to the desires of their own hearts and to captivity so that they do those things which are not good but full of every iniquity.(B) (A) Cf Proverbs 13, 21: "Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous". (B) Cf Romans I 20-21, 24, 28-29.
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