CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Fifthly, The holy and just nature of God against sin was such, ¹that there was a necessity of Christs sacrificing himself upon the Cross for us; It's hotly disputed whether God might have forgiven sin absolutely without Christs Death, or by any other way then by Satisfaction; But when all is said, it's acknowledged it is the most convenient way, and if we do suppose that God would save mankind no other way but by justice as well as mercy, then it was absolutely necessary that Christ should become man, seeing no mere man could compensate God, neither could the Obedience of any man have delighted God as much as Adams disobedience did offend him; Therefore it's highly derogatory from Christ which Durand saith, that if it had pleased God it might have been that as by Adams disobedience all were made sinners, so by the same Adams Obedience repenting and believing, all might have been made Righteous.²

Fifthly, The holy and just nature of God against sinne was such, ¹that there was a necessity of Christs sacrificing himself upon the Crosse for us; It's hotly disputed whether God might have forgiven sinne absolutely without Christs Death, or by any other way then by Satisfaction; But when all is said, it's acknowledged it is the most convenient way, and if we do suppose that God would save mankinde no other way but by justice as well as mercy, then it was absolutely necessary that Christ should become man, seeing no meer man could compensate God, neither could the Obedience of any man have delighted God as much as Adams disobedience did offend him; Therefore it's highly derogatory from Christ which Durand saith, that if it had pleased God it might have been that as by Adams disobedience all were made sinners, so by the same Adams Obedience repenting and beleeving, all might have been made Righteous.²

1. 1V. The necessity of it.
2. 2The properties of Christs Sacrifice.