Not to love him and delight in him is a great insult to his worth. But the same is true for God. And so the righteousness of God is the infinite zeal and joy and pleasure that he has in his own worth and glory. And if he were to ever act contrary to this eternal passion for his own perfections he would be unrighteous, he would be an idolater. But herein lies also the very foundation of our salvation, for it is precisely the infinite regard that the Father has for the Son which makes it possible for me, a wicked sinner, to be loved and accepted in the Son, because in his death he restored all the insult and injury that I had done to to the Father's glory through my sin.
Today is just the beginning.
I close with the fifth affirmation and final application. God is the most excellent and worthy of all beings. Because he has loved his Son, the image of his own glory, with infinite and perfect energy from all eternity. And let us turn from all the trivial resentments and fleeting pleasures and petty pursuits of life, and join in with the gladness that God has in the image of his own perfections, namely, His Son. We repent and turn from our presumption and gladly stand in awe of your eternal, self-sufficient happiness in the fellowship of the Trinity.