Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

4. The Satisfaction of Christ is sufficient and perfect ad suum finem, to all its own ends, but not ad omnem finem, to every use and end: and it was not its use and end to acquit ipso facto any sinner, but only to acquit all on condition of Repenting and Believing, (it being also the full intent of God to give that condition to all his Elect, as shall be anon opened.) Some very Wise, Godly, and Learned men that I have spoke with, wish that the Word [Satisfaction] had been never here used, but instead of it the terms of [an Expiatory or Propitiatory Sacrifice:] because the last is the Scripture phrase and the first is not: But yet Satisfaction is no such unfit term but that it may well be used, though still Scripture phrase I confess is better.

5. As Christ hath satisfied the Father, so the Father hath satisfied Christ (in the larger sense, i. e. he hath fulfilled his desire.) It was not man himself that satisfied, but Christ for man; nor did Christ satisfy in our person, as a delegate pays a Debt in the Debtors name, so as in Law sense Civiliter, it is the Debtor himself that pays it; For then it should have been Solutio not Satisfactio; There being no Vicarius Poenae allowed by the Law, it is indeed impossible, for such a solution to be made; For it should be the Idem and not the Idem quod debetur, quia non naturaliter per eundem, and consequently not civiliter per eundem. Yet a satisfaction may be made by suffering alterius loco; and so Christ did. But as Christ suffered in his own person, viz. Sponsoris, and not our selves; so the effect that ⟨p. 393⟩he desired was, that he might himself be the first Recipient of the fruits of that satisfaction (in that sense as he is capable of receiving them) that he might be the Head and the public Treasury of all the Mercy procured by his Death; and being made Lord of all, might give them out to whom, and when, and how he pleased; and in special, that he might make a general Deed of Gift of himself, and Pardon and Salvation to All that would accept it, and might send forth the Spirit and Word to bring in men to himself in what measure he please; and in particular in an infallible prevalency to his chosen: And that none might perish merely on the old score, or be judged merely by the Old Law; but all stand or fall according to their improvement or abuse of recovering Mercy. And all this God hath hereupon granted to his Son: And so he hath satisfaction for his satisfaction; though many that he hath satisfied for do perish.