A discourse of the saving grace of God

Further, the Essential Glory of God is God himself, and therefore both Infinite ⟨p. 21⟩and Eternal. It is Infinite as he is, and to that which is Infinite nothing can be added, it can no way be greater than it is already. It is Eternal too, and so before any thing was created, and consequently no way dependant on the Creatures. By which it is manifest, that essential Glory is not at all increased by working mans Salvation

For Relative Glory, that indeed depends on the Creatures. But the Lord had been as glorious in himself, if this Glory had never been, as will appear from the Nature of it. The essential Attributes of God are his divine Perfections, absolutely existing, without respect or relation to the Creatures. Relative Attributes are those essential Perfections, as manifested to the Creatures, or rather the Manifestation of them. If then Essential Glory be the lustre of those essential Attributes, as shining in the divine Essence, which we showed before, it must follow, that Relative Glory is that which results from the Manifestation of those Perfections to the Creatures. For example, Relative Mercy is the Manifestation of essential Goodness in the Salvation of the Elect; and Relative Justice is the Manifestation of essential Righteousness or Justice in ⟨p. 22⟩the Condemnation of the Reprobate.

For Relative Glory, that indeed depends on the Creatures. But the Lord had been as glorious in himself, if this Glory had never been, as will appear from the Nature of it. The essential Attributes of God are his divine Perfections, absolutely existing, without respect or relation to the Creatures. Relative Attributes are those essential Perfections, as manifested to the Creatures, or rather the Manifestation of them. If then Essential Glory be the lustre of those essential Attributes, as shining in the divine Essence, which we shewed before, it must follow, that Relative Glory is that which results from the Manifestation of those Perfections to the Creatures. For example, Relative Mercy is the Manifestation of essential Goodness in the Salvation of the Elect; and Relative Justice is the Manifestation of essential Righteousness or Justice in