Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

1. That the way of Mans Salvation by Jesus Christ was the contrivement of Gods wisdom, will appear, because it was impossible for any Man of the most searching brain, and most notable invention to have imagined it. Man being guilty of sin against the Law of God, inscribed upon the hearts of all Men, which natural Conscience will accuse of, if sinners listen thereunto; and Gods Justice being engaged to inflict a punishment proportionable unto the crime without a satisfaction, which right reason will say is but reasonable; and this justice of God being infinite; must in reason require an infinite satisfaction; Now what created understanding could of it self have contrived or conceived a way how this should be done? Every thing that hath a being, is either God or a Creature; all the Creatures are finite in their Beings and actions, and therefore could not make an infinite satisfaction; It is God only who is infinite, and he being the party offended could not make satisfaction to his own justice, especially since his justice requires punishment for satisfaction, which God ⟨p. 180⟩as God, being impassible, is uncapable of; not to say any thing that the same nature which did commit sin should in justice suffer the punishment; would not reason now conclude, that it were impossible for this satisfaction to be made? Surely it was none but the wisdom of God that could contrive the way of satisfaction to his justice, by the incarnation of his Son, by the union of the divine nature in the second Person of the Trinity, unto the humane nature in the Person of Christ, that so by virtue of the hypostatical union, the humane nature might not only be strengthened to undergo the wrath of God, which was due for the sins of Men, in the sufferings which he endured before, and upon the Cross; but also that through the communication of attributes, the sufferings of Christ might be of infinite value, because the sufferings of such a Person as was God, as well as Man, that so they might be a full satisfaction unto Gods justice for sin; and through Gods Covenant with him, and gracious acceptation of this satisfaction from the surety, instead of the offenders themselves, the sins of Men might be pardoned, and their souls saved. O the depth of the Wisdom of God! here is the wisdom of God in a mystery!

1. That the way of Mans Salvation by Iesus Christ was the contrivement of Gods wisdome, will appear, because it was impossible for any Man of the most searching brain, and most notable invention to have imagined it. Man being guilty of sin against the Law of God, inscribed upon the hearts of all Men, which natural Conscience will accuse of, if sinners listen thereunto; and Gods Justice being engaged to inflict a punishment proportionable unto the crime without a satisfaction, which right reason will say is but reasonable; and this justice of God being infinite; must in reason require an infinite satisfaction; Now what created understanding could of it self have contrived or conceived a way how this should be done? Every thing that hath a being, is either God or a Creature; all the Creatures are finite in their Beeings and actions, and therefore could not make an infinite satisfaction; It is God only who is infinite, and he being the party offended could not make satisfaction to his own justice, especially since his justice requires punishment for satisfaction, which God