Excerpt from The Punishment of Treason: A Discourse Preached April 23d, 1865, in the South Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn
The term, "throne," in this passage means government; and here it means the moral government of God. The word, "habitation," means establishment, institution, or fixed appointment. In God's government justice and judgement are then declared to have an abiding place. They belong to it.
It has been made a speculative question among theologians whether justice be a distinct, elementary, and primitive attribute of God, or simply a modification of his love acting under the government of supreme wisdom. We cannot decide this question to a positive certainty. It is possible that to intelligences much more intimate with God than man now is or can be, what we call his justice, is simply his benevolence displaying itself in a special form. Be this as it may, the fact is nevertheless clear that God is manifested to the children of men, not simply as the God of love, but also as the God of justice. The two attributes though not in collision, are yet distinct in their relation to moral beings; the one having reference primarily to the question of happiness; and the other just as primarily to that of conduct and character.
1. If we take the Bible description of God and his government, we cannot hesitate a moment as to the truth stated in the text.
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