5.6 上帝是公义的审判者，祂对那些不虔不义的人，因他们过去所犯的罪而使他们眼瞎心硬1 ，不仅不施恩给他们，使他们的悟性由此得蒙光照，从而使他们的心软化2 ，而且有时祂也收回他们已得的恩赐3，并任凭他们遭遇各样他们的败坏用于犯罪的事4；同时，把他们交付于他们自己的私欲、世界的引诱和撒但的权势5 ；因此，甚至那些上帝用以使别人心里软化的工具，在他们身上反倒使他们刚硬自己6。

5.6  As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden, from them He not only withholdeth His grace whereby they might have been enlightened […]

5.5 至智、至公、至慈的上帝，常常让祂的儿女一时经历各种试探，和他们自己内心的败坏，其目的或是要因他们过去的罪恶而责罚他们，或是要向他们显露他们内心的诡诈和败坏所隐藏的力量，好使他们谦卑下来1；另外，也是为了要使他们更加与祂亲近，常常依靠祂来扶持，并且更加警醒地防备将来一切犯罪的机会；同时还有其他各种公义和圣洁的目的2。

5.5  The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave, for a season, His own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or […]