Wherefore is it necessary that he be very Man, and that perfectly just too?
Because that the Justice of God requireth that the same humane nature which hath sinned, do it self likewise make recompence for sin: but he that is himself a sinner, cannot make recompence for others.
Proofs
- Because that the Justice of God requireth that the same humane nature which hath sinned, do it self likewise make recompence for sin: but (Romans 5:12,17)
- he that is himself a (1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 7:26)
- sinner, cannot make recompence for others.