Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things

His first leap downwards was from heaven, and this tells us how he was God from everlasting: so said the Centurion, Surely this man was the Son of God, Mark 15.39.¹ How else? the sin of man could no otherwise be expiated, but by the Son of God; man had sinned and God was offended, therefore God became man, to reconcile man to God: Had he been man alone, not God, he might have suffered, but he could not have satisfied; therefore this man was God, that in his man-hood he might suffer, and by his God-head he might satisfy: O wonderful Redemption! that God must take upon him our frailty: had we thus far run upon the score of vengeance, that none could satisfy but God himself? could not he have made his Angels Ambassadors, but he himself must come in person? no; Angels, or Saints could neither super-erogate, but if God will save us, God himself must come and die for us: it were sure no little benefit, if the King would pardon a Thief; but that the King himself should die for this Malefactor; this were most wonderful, and indeed beyond all expectation; and yet thus will the King of heaven deal with us, he will not only pardon our faults, but satisfy the Law: we sin against God, and God against whom we sin, must die for it: this is a depth beyond founding, an height above all humane reach, what is he? God.

His first leap downwards was from heaven, and this tels us how he was God from everlasting: so said the Centurion, Surely this man was the Sonne of God, Mark 15.39.¹ How else? the sinne of man could no otherwise be expiated, but by the Sonne of God; man had sinned and God was offended, therefore God became man, to reconcile man to God: Had he been man alone, not God, he might have suffered, but he could not have satisfied; therefore this man was God, that in his man-hood he might suffer, and by his God-head he might satisfie: O wonderfull Redemption! that God must take upon him our frailty: had we thus far run upon the score of vengeance, that none could satisfie but God himself? could not he have made his Angels Embassadours, but he himself must come in person? no; Angels, or Saints could neither super-erogate, but if God will save us, God himself must come and die for us: it were sure no little benefit, if the King would pardon a Thief; but that the King himself should die for this Malefactor; this were most wonderfull, and indeed beyond all exspectation; and yet thus will the King of heaven deal with us, he will not onely pardon our faults, but satisfie the Law: we sinne against God, and God against whom we sin, must die for it: this is a depth beyond founding, an height above all humane reach, what is he? God.