Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.

Consequence. 5.

Further, if the Reconciliation we have with God be in Christ: hence in the Fifth place it follows, that God is Reconciled unto man upon very honorable tearms, it is an honorable Reconciliation, for it is such a Recon∣ciliation wherein God suffers nothing at all, but he hath all made up. If God had come, and only passed by our offences, and so had been reconciled to us without a∣ny more ado, the Devils perhaps might have cried out a∣gainst him, and have said: Where is the glory of thy Justice? these have sinned against thee as wel as we, and the Breach they have made upon thy Justice is no way made up; thou hast been by them dishonored, and that

dishonor that thou hast receivd by them is no way an∣swered. But now, Man being reconciled to God in Christ; none of the Devils in Hell can speak against Gods Ju∣stice, or against his Righteousness; for as God is Re∣conciled, so he is Reonciled upon honorable tearms. Indeed a man that hath an inferior who hath offended him, when he can see no other way to help himself; but that he must put up al the wrong, and injury that hath bin done him. It is a far different thing, then to be reconciled to the party offending upon honorable terms; for if he could come to have this wrong made up again, and not only he that hath offended come to submit himself to him but all the injury that he hath done him fully satisfied; this were honorable. So is the Reconciliation between God and us, it is so honorable a Reconciliation, that it wil be the glory of God before the Angels, and Saints to al Eternity and it is that which God doth much re∣joyce in, as being exceedingly pleased with it, seeing his honor is made up in this Reconciliation. That is a fifth Consequence from hence.