A Body of Practical Divinity

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, Ezra 9.14. Thou hast punished us less then our iniquities deserve; our Mercies are more then we deserve, our Punishments less.

6. God's Justice is such, that it is not fit for any Man or Angel to expostulate with God, or demand a Reason of his Actions. God hath not only Authority on his side, but Equity: He lays Judgment to the Line, and Righteousness to the Plummet, Isa. 28.17. and it is below him to give an Account to us of his Proceedings. Which of these two is fittest to take place, God's Justice or Man's Reason? Rom. 9.20. Who art thou, O man, that disputest against God? The Plumb-Line of our Reason is too short to fathom the depth of God's Justice, Rom. 11.33. How unsearchable are his Judgments! we are to adore God's Justice, where we cannot see a reason of it.

6. God's Justice is such, that it is not fit for any Man or Angel to expostulate with God, or demand a Reason of his Actions. God hath not only Authority on his side, but Equity: He lays Iudgment to the Line, and Righteousness to the Plummet, Isa. 28.17. and it is below him to give an Account to us of his Proceedings. Which of these two is fittest to take place, God's Iustice or Man's Reason? Rom. 9.20. Who art thou, O man, that disputest against God? The Plumb-Line of our Reason is too short to fathom the depth of God's Justice,