The Lord [is] righteous in all his ways
Christ is righteous in all the ways of providence, in which he is
jointly concerned with his Father: there are some of the ways of
providence, which are now intricate and perplexed, are
unsearchable and past finding out, and cannot be easily
reconciled to the justice and faithfulness of God, respecting the
prosperity of the wicked and the afflictions of the righteous;
but these will before long be made manifest, and they will appear
to be just and true. And so in all his ways of grace, in all his
decrees; in the choice of some to everlasting life, and the
leaving of others; with respect to either of these, there is no
unrighteousness in him: nor in the redemption of men, for which
an adequate price is given; and in which mercy and truth,
righteousness and peace, meet together; nor in the justification
of a sinner, which is not done without a righteousness, but in
such manner that God is just while he is the justifier of him
that believes in Jesus; nor in the pardon of sin, which is upon
the foot of a satisfaction made to the justice of God, by the
blood and sacrifice of Christ; nor in eternal life, the gift of
God through Christ, which none inherit but righteous ones. Christ
is righteous in all his suretyship engagements, which he has
punctually performed, and in the execution of all his offices; in
doing which, righteousness and faithfulness are the girdle of his
loins and reins: and so likewise he is and will appear righteous
in his judgments on his and his people's enemies, in the
destruction of antichrist and his followers. And, moreover, he is
righteous in all the ways he prescribes for his people to walk
in, in all his commandments and ordinances; which are all holy,
just, and good; and holy in all his works;
in all his works of providence; doing no evil, though he suffers
it for wise ends, and overrules it for good: and in all his works
of grace; in election, which is through holiness and to it; in
the redemption of his people, which is from a vain conversation,
and that they might be a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
in the calling of them with an holy calling, and to holiness; in
bringing them to glory, which is through regeneration and
sanctification. It may be rendered, is "merciful" or "bountiful
in all his works" F11; all he does flowing from his
grace, mercy, and goodness.