The truly blessed man

1. That wheresoever Sin is Imputed, the Law requires satisfaction of the person to whom it is Imputed. This is evident by the nature of imputation, according as hath been explained: for where God reckons Sin to a man, he gives the Law Credit against him for it, and makes him a Debtor to the Law; now the Law being a Rule of Justice, is rigorous, and exacts all its debts: it will not stop its mouth, till completely satisfied▪ Math. 5.18. So that it holds the man fast by virtue of this Imputation.

1. That wheresoever Sin is Imputed, the Law requires satisfaction of the person to whom it is Imputed. This is evident by the nature of imputation, according as hath been explained: for where God reckons Sin to a man, he gives the Law Credit against him for it, and makes him a Debtor to the Law; now the Law being a Rule of Justice, is rigorous, and exacts all its debts: it will not stop its mouth, till compleatly satisfyed▪ Math. 5.18. So that it holds the man fast by vertue of this Imputation.

2. That in Christs Sufferings there was a sufficiency to make this satisfaction. This was necessarily prerequisite, else it could not have answered the demand of the Law for us. For, though it be not therefore our Satisfaction, because there was such a sufficiency in it, Gods acceptance of it being free; yet if it could not have answered the Law in all its demands, it could not have been capable of Gods acceptance on this account: there was therefore enough in it to do this. Christ Suffered the whole Essence of the penalties that were due to us for sin; he bore the whole weight of the Wrath of God; He was made Sin, 2 Cor. 5.21. ⟨p. 91⟩