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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Resp. Justitia est jus suum cuique tribuere; Justice is to give every one his due. God's Justice is the Rectitude of his Nature, whereby he is carried to the doing of that which is righteous and equal; Prov. 24.12. Shall not he render to every Man according to his Works? God is an Impartial Judge; he judgeth the Cause. Men oft judge the Person, and not the Cause, which is not Justice, but Malice. God judgeth the Cause, Gen. 18.21. I will go down and see if they have done according to the cry which is come up unto me. When the Lord is upon a punitive act, he weighs things in the Balance, he doth not punish rashly; he doth not go in the way of a Riot, but a Circuit against Offenders. Concerning God's Justice, I shall lay down these six Positions.
Resp. Iustitia est jus suum cuique tribuere; Justice is to give every one his due. God's Justice is the Rectitude of his Nature, whereby he is carried to the doing of that which is righteous and equal; Prov. 24.12. Shall not he render to every Man according to his Works? God is an Impartial Iudge; he judgeth the Cause. Men oft judge the Person, and not the Cause, which is not Iustice, but Malice. God judgeth the Cause, Gen. 18.21. I will go down and see if they have done according to the cry which is come up unto me. When the Lord is upon a punitive act, he weighs things in the Ballance, he doth not punish rashly; he doth not go in the way of a Riot, but a Circuit against Offenders. Concerning God's Justice, I shall lay down these six Positions.
1. God cannot but be Just. His Holiness is the Cause of his Justice. Holiness will not suffer him to do any thing but what is Righteous. He can no more be unjust, then he can be unholy.