Unlike temporal, or human justice, which requires time to repay an evil deed and, "has its seat in the state, as requiting and punishing", eternal justice "rules not the state but the world, is not dependent upon human institutions, is not subject to chance and deception, is not uncertain, wavering, and erring, but infallible, fixed, and sure." Eternal justice is not retributive because retribution requires time. There are no delays or reprieves. Instead, punishment is tied to the offence, "to the point where the two become one."... "Tormenter and tormented are one. The errs in that he believes he is not a partaker in the suffering; the [tormented, in that he believes he is not a partaker in the guilt."