The covenant of life opened, or, A treatise of the covenant of grace

Yea this is that which misjudging Suarez saith, that the creature may do a real injury to God, ¹and take away from God jus Dei ad gloriam, his right to glory, but the truth is, the creature by sin darkeneth or overcloudeth his declarative glory, but can take away no essential glory, nor any real right or real good from God, so Elihu, Job 39.6. If thou sinnest, what dost thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what dost thou to him? To take his declarative glory from God, ⟨p. 28⟩is no lose to him, no more then it is lose to the Sun, that ye hinder it to shine upon the wall, when yet ye take no light from the Sun, for it shines upon an interposed body. Job 35.8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the Son of man. It is needful (say some) that God preserve his own glory safe, but if sin be without infliction of punishment, it is impossible that he can defend his ow• glory. Ergo, of necessity he must punish sin. The proposition is out of controversy, for all confess that God must preserve his own glory, […] by necessity of nature he must do so; quoniam seipsum non potest non amare. Because he cannot but love himself, and he hath said, my glory will I not give to another.

Yea this is that which misjudging Suarez saith, that the creature may do a reall injurie to God, ¹and take away from God jus Dei ad gloriam, his right to glory, but the truth is, the creature by sin darkeneth or overcloudeth his declarative glory, but can take away no essentiall glory, nor any reall right or reall good from God, so Elihu, Job 39.6. If thou sinnest, what dost thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what dost thou to him? To take his declarative glory from God, ⟨p. 28⟩