The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

1. That 'tis not possible that Sin should be pardoned without Satisfaction. For Justice being a natural and necessary excellency in God, hath an unchangeable respect to the qualities which are in the Creatures: That as the Divine Goodness is necessarily exercised towards a Creature perfectly holy, so Justice is in punishing the guilty, unless a Satisfaction intervene. And if it be not possible, considering the perfection of the Deity, that Holiness should be unrewarded, far less can it be, that Sin should be unpunished: since the exercise of Justice, upon which Punishment depends, is more necessary than that of Goodness, which is the cause of Remuneration. For the Rewards which Bounty dispenses are pure Favours, whereas the Punishments which Justice inflicts, are due. In short, Since Justice is a Perfection, 'tis in God in a supreme degree, and being infinite 'tis inflexible. This Opinion is asserted by several Divines of eminent Learning.

1. That 'tis not possible that Sin should be pardoned without Satisfaction. For Justice being a natural and necessary excellency in God, hath an unchangable respect to the qualities which are in the Creatures: That as the Divine Goodness is necessarily exercised towards a Creature perfectly holy, so Justice is in punishing the guilty, unless a Satisfaction intervene. And if it be not possible, considering the perfection of the Deity, that Holiness should be unrewarded, far less can it be, that Sin should be unpunisht: since the exercise of Justice, upon which Punishment depends, is more necessary than that of Goodness, which is the cause of Remuneration. For the Rewards which Bounty dispenses are pure Favours, whereas the Punishments which Justice inflicts, are due. In short, Since Justice is a Perfection, 'tis in God in a supreme degree, and being infinite 'tis inflexible. This Opinion is asserted by several Divines of eminent Learning.

The Second Opinion is, That God by his Absolute Dominion and Prerogative, might have released the Sinner from Punishment without any Satisfaction. ⟨p. 224⟩For as by his Sovereignty He transferred the Punishment from the guilty to the innocent; so He might have forgiven Sin, if no Redeemer had interposed. From hence it follows, that the Death of Christ for the Expiation of Sin was necessary only with respect to the Divine Decree.