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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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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, Rom. 11.33. How unsearchable are his Iudgments! we are to adore God's Justice, where we cannot see a reason of it.
Now God's Justice runs in two Channels: 'Tis seen in two Things, the distribution of Rewards and Punishments.