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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. God doth Justice voluntarily: Justice flows from his Nature. Men may act unjustly, because they are bribed or forced: God will not be bribed, because of his Justice, he cannot be forced because of his Power. He doth Justice out of Love to Justice, Hebr. 1.8. Thou lovest righteousness.
3. God doth Justice voluntarily: Justice flows from his Nature. Men may act unjustly, because they are bribed or forced: God will not be brib'd, because of his Justice, he cannot be forc'd because of his Power. He doth Justice out of Love to Justice, Hebr. 1.8. Thou lovest righteousness.
4. Justice is the perfection of the Divine Nature. Aristotle saith, Justice [Greek or Hebrew], comprehends in it all Virtues. To say God is just, is to say he is all that is Excellent: Perfection meets in him as Lines in a Centre. He is not only Just, but Justice it self.
4. Justice is the perfection of the Divine Nature. Aristotle saith, Justice 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, comprehends in it all Vertues. To say God is just, is to say he is all that is Excellent: Perfection meets in him as Lines in a Center. He is not only Just, but Justice it self.
5. God never did, nor can do the least wrong to his Creature. God's Justice hath been wronged, but never did any wrong. God doth not go according to the summum jus, or rigour of the Law; he abates something of his Severity. He might inflict heavier Penalties than he doth,