Reason, 2.
A second Reason why God would have this way of Reconciling man to himself, is. Because, in this way the Father himself is most glorified; the Attributes of God do shine in a greater luster in this way of Recon∣ciliation, then if so be God had been reconciled unto man only in passing by the offence, and so no more to do; for now shines forth the glory of his Wisdom, of his po∣wer, and of his Justice, as wel as of his mercy; not only mercy, but the other divine Attributes of God shine in this way of Reconciliation exceedingly bright; and there is no such Glass to behold the glory of God in as the glory of the Gospel in the Mistery of Reconciliation. We indeed behold and see the glory of God in the Glass of the Creatures; But in the Gospel, in the work of Reconciliation in Christ, there is the bright Glass where∣in al the beams of the glory of Gods Attributes are vnited together, and shine with a Transcendent luster. Yea, there is not only a luster, and a shining forth of them, but a heat, and a warmth that is reflected in the behol∣ding