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

4. 'Twas requisite the Mediator should be God and Man. He must assume the nature of Man, that he might be put in his stead in order to make satisfaction for him. He was to be our representative, therefore such a conjunction between us must be, that God might esteem all his People to suffer in him. By the Law of Israel the right of Redemption belonged to him that was next in blood: Now Christ took the Seed of Abraham, the original element of our nature, that having a right of Propriety in us as God, He might have a right of Propinquity as Man. He was allied to all Men, as Men: that His sufferings might be universally beneficial. And He must be God: 'tis not his Innocency only, or Deputation, but the Dignity of His Person that qualifies Him to be an all-sufficient Sacrifice for Sin, so that God may dispense pardon, in a way that is honourable to ⟨p. 235⟩Justice. For Justice requires a proportion between the Punishment and the Crime: and that receives its quality from the dignity of the person offended. Now since the Majesty of God is infinite against whom sin is committed, the guilt of it can never be expiated but by an infinite Satisfaction. There is no name under Heaven, nor in Heaven that could save us, but the Son of God,¹ who being equal to Him in greatness, became Man.

4. 'Twas requisite the Mediator should be God and Man. He must assume the nature of Man, that he might be put in his stead in order to make satisfaction for him. He was to be our representative, therefore such a conjunction between us must be, that God might esteem all his People to suffer in him. By the Law of Israel the right of Redemption belonged to him that was next in blood: Now Christ took the Seed of Abraham, the original element of our nature, that having a right of Propriety in us as God, He might have a right of Propinquity as Man. He was allied to all Men, as Men: that His sufferings might be universally beneficial. And He must be God: 'tis not his Innocency onely, or Deputation, but the Dignity of His Person that qualifies Him to be an all-sufficient Sacrifice for Sin, so that God may dispense pardon, in a way that is honourable to ⟨p. 235⟩Justice. For Justice requires a proportion between the Punishment and the Crime: and that receives its quality from the dignity of the person offended. Now since the Majesty of God is infinite against whom sin is committed, the guilt of it can never be expiated but by an infinite Satisfaction. There is no name under Heaven, nor in Heaven that could save us, but the Son of God,