The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

1. The supreme End is the Glory of God. This signifies principally his internal and essential Glory: ⟨p. 78⟩and that consists in the Perfections of his Nature▪ which can never be fully conceived by the Angels▪ but overwhelm by their excellent greatness all created Understandings. But the Glory that results from Gods works is properly intended in the present Argument, and implies,

2. The manifestation whereby he is pleased to represent Himself in the exercise of his Attributes. As the Divine Nature is the primary and complete Object of his Love, so he takes delight in those Actions wherein the image and brightness of his own virtues appear.

2. The manifestation whereby he is pleased to represent Himself in the exercise of his Attributes. As the Divine Nature is the primary and compleat Object of his Love, so he takes delight in those Actions wherein the image and brightness of his own vertues appear.

Now in all the works of God there is an evidence of his Excellencies. But as some Stars shine with a different glory, so there are some noble effects, wherein the Divine Attributes are so conspicuous, that in compare with them, the rest of Gods works are but obscure expressions of his Greatness. The principal are Creation and Redemption. The Heavens declare the glory of God, ¹and the Firmament his handiwork. And when God surveyed the whole Creation,