REHM. XXV.] CHRISTIAN' MORALITY, VIZ. JUSTICE, &C. 41$ him, according to his. own eternal covenant. God re- warded him, as a magistrate, distributing justice to a person who had done the greatest things for the honour of his sovereign: He exalted him at his own right-hand, and gave him .a name above every name, that at the name ofJesusevery knee should bow ; for he deserved it at the hands of his Father, and his Father distributed re- wards equal to his desert. Rewarding justice again appears glorious, in that God the Father communicates unto us the rewards of the suf- ferings of his own Son. God is faithful and just to for- give us our sins, because the blood ofJesus Christ, his Son, has paid for all our follies and unrighteousness; 1 John i. 9. Faithful and just to his Son, that he may not go without the rewards of his:sufferings : Faithful and just to us, because it was in our name and stead that the Son suffered. But not to insist upon this longer, commutative justice is abundantlyenforced also bymany considerations drawn from, the books of the Old Testament, as well as from the gospel of Christ, If we consult the moral statutes of God, whichwere given to the Jews, we shall find them full of righteous- ness. These statutes are of everlasting force, and their divine solemnity should impress our consç.iençes. "That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou may- est live and inherit the land : And the judges and ofr lcers shall judge the people with righteous judgment, and shall shewno respect to persons, nor take a gift to pervert justice, Deut. xvi. 18, 19, 20. Ye shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, nor rob him. The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in weight, or in measure. Just balancee. and just weights shall ye have; I am the Lord your God, Lev. xix. 12, &c. A false balance is an abomination to Vie Lord; but a just weight is his delight, Prov. xi. 1. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, 'Prov. xx. 3. Woe to him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong, who uses his neighbour's servicewithout wages, and giveth him. not for hie work, Ter. xxii. 13. Retrieve.
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