The Fountain of Life Opened

¹First, It is the Act of God-man, no other was capable of giving satisfaction, for an infinite wrong done to God. But by reason of the union of the two natures, in his wonderful person, he could do it, and hath done it for us. The humane nature did what was necessary in its kind; it gave the matter of the Sacrifice: the divine nature stamped the dignity and value upon it, which made it an adequate compensation. So that it was opus [Greek or Hebrew] the act of God-man. Yet so, that each nature retained its own properties, notwithstanding their joint influence into the effect. If the Angels in Heaven had laid down their lives; or if the blood of all the men in the world had been poured out by Justice; this could never have satisfied; because that [Greek or Hebrew] worth and value which this Sacrifice hath, would have still been wanting. It was God that redeemed the Church, with his own blood. Act. 20.28. If God redeem with his own blood, he redeems as God-man, without any dispute.

¹First, It is the Act of God-man, no other was capable of giving satisfaction, for an infinite wrong done to God. But by reason of the union of the two natures, in his wonderful person, he could do it, and hath done it for us. The humane nature did what was necessary in its kind; it gave the matter of the Sacrifice: the divine nature stampt the dignity and value upon it, which made it an adequate compensation. So that it was opus 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 the act of God-man. Yet so, that each nature retained its own properties, notwithstanding their joynt influence into the effect. If the Angels in Heaven had laid down their lives; or if the blood of all the men in the world had beeen poured out by Justice; this could never have satisfied; because that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 worth and value which this Sacrifice hath, would have still been wanting. It was God that redeemed the Church, with his own blood. Act. 20.28. If God redeem with his own blood, he redeems as God-man, without any dispute.