Yes, through the medium of creatures or the order of things which the sinner disturbs by his sin (LXXXVII. 1).
Is it in this sense that one may speak of a certain immanent justice?
Yes; in this sense there is a kind of immanent justice, which effects that things used as instruments of divine justice avenge the sin committed in that they thwart the sinner at every turn (LXXXVII. i).
What is meant by saying that the divine law punishes sin immediately?
By this is meant a special supernatural intervention by which God Himself avenges man's violation of the supernatural order (LXXXVII. 3-5).
What does this supernatural intervention imply in particular?
As regards certain sins, it implies eternal punishment (LXXX VII. 3,5).
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