Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In…Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In…

Then again,² God would restore us by a way suitable to his own excellency every way, wherein no Attribute of his might be a looser: he would bring us to riches and friendship with him, by a way of satisfaction to his justice, that we may see his justice shine in our salvation (though indeed grace, and mercy triumph most of all, yet notwithstanding) justice must be fully contented. There was no other way wherein we could magnify so much the unsearchable, and infinite wisdom of God (that the Angels themselves pry into) whereby justice and mercy seeming contrary Attributes in God, are reconciled in Christ: by infinite wisdom, justice, and mercy mee•e together, and kiss one another, justice being satisfied, wisdom is exalted; but what set wisdom on work: the grace, and love, and mercy of God, to devise this way to satisfy justice, it could not have been done any other way: for before we could be made rich, God must be satisfied reconciliation supposeth satisfaction, and there could be no satisfaction but by blood, and there could be no equal satisfaction, but by the blood of such a person as was God. Therefore Christ must become poor to make us rich, because there must be full satisfaction to divide justice, and all his precious poverty before his death, his incarnation, his want, his being a servant, &c. all was part of his general humiliation, but it was but to prepare him for his last work, the upshot of all, ⟨p. 24⟩is death, which was the work of satisfaction.

Then againe,² God would restore us by a way sutable to his own excellency every way, wherein no Attribute of his might be a looser: he would bring us to riches and friendship with him, by a way of satisfaction to his justice, that wee may see his justice shine in our salvation (though indeed grace, and mercy triumph most of all, yet notwithstanding) justice must bee fully contented. There was no other way wherein wee could magnifie so much the unsearchable, and infinite wisedome of God (that the Angels themselves prie into) whereby justice and mercy seeming contrary Attributes in God, are reconciled in Christ: by infinite wisedome, justice, and mercy mee•e together, and kisse one another, justice being satisfied, wisedome is exalted; but what set wisedome on worke: the grace, and love, and mercy of God, to devise this way to satisfie justice, it could not have beene done any other way: for before we could be made rich, God must be satisfied reconciliation supposeth satisfaction, and there could bee no satisfaction but by blood, and there could bee no equall satisfaction, but by the blood of such a person as was God. Therefore Christ must become poore to make us rich, because there must bee full satisfaction to divide justice, and all his precious poverty before his death, his incarnation, his want, his being a servant, &c. all was part of his generall humiliation, but it was but to prepare him for his last worke, the upshot of all,