A second volume of discourses or sermons on several scriptures

Secondly, For my own sake, we may take it in a final sense, that is, I will do it, because of that great Honour and Glory that will accrue to my great Name by it. The ultimate, and chief end of God in all his Actions, is his own Glory. God bestows Pardon and Salvation upon us chiefly for the manifestation of his own Glory, even the ⟨p. 10⟩Glory of his Mercy and free Grace. Our Salvation is therefore accomplished, that it might be a means to declare to the World how Merciful and Gracious God is; not so much for our good, as for his Glory; not for our sakes, but for his own sake. Such a Parallel place we have in Ezek. 36.12. I do not this for your sake, saith the Lord, but for my Holy Name sake, that you have profaned among the Heathen: I will show mercy unto you, not so much that you may be delivered, as that my Holy Name that you have profaned, may be redeemed from that dishonour that you have cast upon it, and may be Glorified among the Heathen.

Secondly, For my own sake, we may take it in a final sense, that is, I will do it, because of that great Honour and Glory that will accrue to my great Name by it. The ultimate, and chief end of God in all his Actions, is his own Glory. God bestows Pardon and Salvation upon us chiefly for the manifestation of his own Glory, even the ⟨p. 10⟩Glory of his Mercy and free Grace. Our Salvation is therefore accomplished, that it might be a means to declare to the World how Merciful and Gracious God is; not so much for our good, as for his Glory; not for our sakes, but for his own sake. Such a Parallel place we have in Ezek. 36.12. I do not this for your sake, saith the Lord, but for my Holy Name sake, that you have profaned among the Heathen: I will shew mercy unto you, not so much that you may be delivered, as that my Holy Name that you have profaned, may be redeemed from that dishonour that you have cast upon it, and may be Glorified among the Heathen.