The saints treasury being sundry sermons preached in London /

And then secondly, there is the glory of his Justice: God sets out the glory of his Justice here, more then if all mankind had been eternally damned: Gods Justice would not have been honoured so much in that as in this way of Gods reconciling man unto himself; and that in these two regards: First, because in Christ Gods Justice is glorified actively; whereas if all men had eternally perished, it should have been glorified but passively: and tis more to have it glorified actively, then passively: and as God delights more in active obedience then in passive, so he delights more in the active glory of his Justice then in the passive, (though there is a kind of activeness in suffering, and so in Christs suffering: therefore that distinction of active and passive is needless; for his active obedience was passive, and his passive obedience had activeness in it.)

And then secondly, there is the glory of his Justice: God sets out the glory of his Justice here, more then if all mankind had been eternally damned: Gods Justice would not have been honoured so much in that as in this way of Gods reconciling man unto himself; and that in these two regards: First, because in Christ Gods Justice is glorified actively; whereas if all men had eternally perished, it should have been glorified but passively: and tis more to have it glorified actively, then passively: and as God delights more in active obedience then in passive, so he delights more in the active glory of his Justice then in the passive, (though there is a kinde of activenesse in suffering, and so in Christs suffering: therefore that distinction of active and passive is needlesse; for his active obedience was passive, and his passive obedience had activenesse in it.)

But Secondly, Gods Justice is now glorified perfectly; the debt is fully paid: whereas if all mankind had been damned, ⟨p. 52⟩the debt should have been but a paying, and not have been paid to all eternity. As suppose a poor man oweth a thousand pounds, and he payeth two pence a week, he may be paying of it, but cannot pay it in all his life: but now if a rich man shall come, and at once lay down the money for him, the debt then is paid: and this is a great deal more then if it should have been always paying. So I say, if all mankind had been damned eternally, God should have had his debt but paying; but the debt would never have been paid: but now Christ comes and lays down the payment at once upon the board, and asketh Justice whether it hath enough or no; so that Justice is more glorified this way.