Here is something (lightly edited) I read in volume 1 of John Owen's Works this morning that moved me.
In God there is at the same time, in the same divine actions, a glorious resplendency of justice and mercy; of justice in punishing, of mercy in pardoning . . . In the cross divine holiness and vindicating justice were made manifest, and through his triumph, grace and mercy are exerted to the utmost. This is that glory which ravishes the hearts and satisfies the souls of those who believe . . . In due apprehensions of this let my soul live; in faith set on this, let me die; and let my present admiration of this glory make way for the eternal enjoyment of it in its beauty and fullness.
John Owen, Works, Vol. 1, p. 359
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