Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…

To clear this Argument, I shall show, 1. That the way of Mans salvation by Jesus Christ, which the Scriptures reveal, must needs be the contrivement of Gods wisdom. 2. That the revelation of this contrivement must, needs be from God, which I suppose will be an evident demonstration of the Divine Authority of the Scriptures.

To clear this Argument, I shall show, 1. That the way of Mans salvation by Jesus Christ, which the Scriptures reveal, must needs be the contrivement of Gods wisdome. 2. That the revelation of this contrivement must, needs be from God, which I suppose will be an evident demonstration of the Divine Authority of the Scriptures.

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 •ight 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 ••nice 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 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