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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 3 Why was it necessary he should become man?
Q. 3 VVhy was it necessary he should become man?
A. That he might be capable to suffer Death in our room. Heb. 2.15, 16, 17. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels, but he took on him the seed of Abraham; wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest, in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Q. 4. Why must the Redeemer be God as well as Man?
A. Because the blood of a mere man could not satisfy and redeem us. Acts 20.28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
A. Because the blood of a meer man could not satisfy and redeem us.