The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements…

I will answer; Tis GOD in Hi• Bounty; Or, His Inclination to deal Bountifully with His Creatures. It is intimated in that passage, Psal. 119.63. Thou art Good, and thou doest Good. He is Essentially Good; & He is Relatively Good. God Wills, tha• there should be something Besides Himself; but that it should be All for Himself ▪ And then He Delights in these His Works; & is Bountiful and Beneficial unto them. This ⟨p. 9⟩is the Goodness of God! Indeed, the Goodness of God, in some sort comprehends all His Attributes. It was said, Exod. 33.19. I w•ll make all my Goodness pass before thee. What was this Goodness, but the whole Train of the lovely Perfections, and Excellencies in our God? When Goodness does Contrive our Happiness, then it is Wisdom; When Goodness does Effect our Happiness, then it is Power; When Goodness does Bestow our Happiness, without Merit, then it is Grace; When against Merit, then it is Mercy; When according to Promise, then it is Truth; When with a Respect unto the Price paid for it, then it is Justice. Indeed, we are told by our Good Lord, Mar. 10.18. There is none Good but One, and that is God: Originally Good, Essentially Good, Infinitely Good: Oh, None so Good as He! Goodness is the very Essence of God. It was not amiss in the Platonists, to call Him, [Greek or Hebrew] The very Good, that is Goodness it self, & of it self.

I will answer; Tis GOD in Hi• Bounty; Or, His Inclination to deal Bountifully with His Creatures. It is intimated in that passage, Psal. 119.63. Thou art Good, and thou doest Good. He is Essentially Good; & He is Relatively Good. God Wills, tha• there should be something Besides Himself; but that it should be All for Himsel• And then He Delights in these His Works; & is Bountiful and Beneficial unto them. This