The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons…

10. God is a Communicative Good, ¹this Crowns all; Why did he enter into a Covenant of Peace, and provide such a Mediator, but to let out, as through a Conduit Pipe, his Infinite Goodness to us? Herein we see how his Heart wrought from Eternity; it is an ⟨p. 234⟩opening and an unfolding of his Bowels, which lay secretly yearning in him; this brings Life and Immortality to light, in the Revelation thereof, here is an immense Flood of Bounty and rich Goodness flowing down to Mankind, which shows the Excellency and Amiableness of his Nature most honourable to himself, and a perfect Pattern of Goodness unto Men, that so we may Adore and Worship him with Love and Delight.

10. God is a Communicative Good, ¹this Crowns all; Why did he enter into a Covenant of Peace, and provide such a Mediator, but to let out, as through a Conduit Pipe, his Infinite Goodness to us? Herein we see how his Heart wrought from Eternity; it is an ⟨p. 234⟩opening and an unfolding of his Bowels, which lay secretly yearning in him; this brings Life and Immortality to light, in the Revelation thereof, here is an immense Flood of Bounty and rich Goodness flowing down to Mankind, which shews the Excellency and Amiableness of his Nature most honourable to himself, and a perfect Pattern of Goodness unto Men, that so we may Adore and Worship him with Love and Delight.

1. 1God a communicable good.

¹Lastly, God is an Eternal Good, all Earthly Good will fail, it lasteth but for a moment, but God and his Goodness endures for ever; Why boasteth thou thy self in mischief,