Secondly, With the Lord is plenty of Justice, for he knows the whole Compass of Justice, he hath the clear Idea of it in his understanding, he knows all the rules of it, or rather is the rule of it. All the rules of Justice came out from him, and are but the ⟨p. 628⟩signification of his own mind, therefore he must needs know them, and be well skilled in them. Some men have a good mind to do justice, yet have no plenty of it, because they are unskilful in the rule of it, the Laws both of God and man. A Judge that is blind th•ough ignorance, and hath not a gift of knowledge and understanding in the Law, falters in doing, or is unfit to do Justice, as much as •e •hat is blinded with gifts, o• biased by relations and private passions; he that is blind the former way cannot have, and he that is blinded by any of the latter ways will never d• plenty of Justice. But as the Lord hath an infinitely clea• eye as to the rule, •o no gift can blind him, nor can any relation put ou• his eyes from seeing a faul•, nor divert him from punishing it (Isa. 27.11.) It is a people of no understanding (either to do go••, or to depart from evil) therefore he that made them (that's a near rel••ion) will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them (that's the •ame) will show them no favour. As if the Lord had said, Justice shall be done, though the work of my own hands be undone by it; There's plenty of justice. And as God knows the rule of the Law perfectly, and will not be turned aside from it; so he knows the matter of fact perfectly, and cannot be mislead about that; Upon which mistake some, who have great knowledge of the rule of the Law, yet do not plenty of justice: they often condemn the innocent, and acquit the nocent, because they find not out the truth of their cause, but are misinformed about it. But, the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him actions are weighed; he knows not only the matter of Law but the matter of fact too, and therefore with him there is plenty of Justice.
Secondly, With the Lord is plenty of Justice, for he knows the whole Compass of Justice, he hath the clear Idea of it in his understanding, he knows all the rules of it, or rather is the rule of it. All the rules of Justice came out from him, and are but the ⟨p. 628⟩signification of his own mind, therefore he must needs know them, and be well skilled in them. Some men have a good mind to do justice, yet have no plenty of it, because they are unskilfull in the rule of it, the Lawes both of God and man. A Judge that is blind th•ough ignorance, and hath not a gift of knowledge and understanding in the Law, faulters in doing, or is unfit to do Justice, as much as •e •hat is blinded with gifts, o• byass'd by relations and private passi•ns; he that is blind the former way cannot have, and he that is blinded by any of the latter wayes will never d• plenty of Justice. But as the Lord hath an infinitely clea• eye as to the rule, •o no gift can blind him, nor can any relation put ou• his eyes from seeing a faul•, nor divert him from punishing it (Isa. 27.11.) It is a people of no understanding (either to do go••, or to depa•t from evil) therefore he that made them (that's a neer rel••ion) will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them (that's the •ame) will shew them no favour. As if the Lord had said, Justice shall be done, though the work of my own hands be u•done by it; There's plenty of justice. And as God knows the rule of the Law perfectly, and will not be turned aside from it; so he knows the matter of fact perfectly, and cannot be mislead about that; Upon which mistake some, who have great knowledge of the rule of the Law, yet do not plenty of justice: they often condemn the innocent, and acquit the nocent, because they find not out the truth of their cause, but are misinformed about it. But, the Lord is a God of knowledg, by him actions are weighed; he knows not only the matter of Law but the matter of fact too, and therefore with him there is plenty of Justice.
