Job 9;2, 3.—But how should a man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.—Matt. 16;26.—Ps. 130;3
Matt. 6;12.—Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.—Gen. 6;5.—Ps. 19;12.—Rom. 2;5.
14. Can there then be found anywhere one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?
None: for first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man hath committed (Gen. 2:17); and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin, so as to deliver others from it (Ps. 49;7).
Gen. 2;17.—In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt shurely die.—Heb. 10;4.—Heb. 2;16.
Ps. 49;7.—None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to god a ransom for him; for the redemption of their soul is precious.—Ps. 130;3.—Jer. 4;4.
*15. What sort of mediator and deliverer, then, must we seek for?
For one who is very man (Heb. 2;14), and perfectly righteous (Heb. 7;26); and yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is also very God (Hosea 1;7).
Heb. 2;14.—Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same.—1. Cor. 15;21.
Heb. 7;26.—For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners.—Heb. 2;17.
Hosea 1;7.—I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord, their God.—Jer. 23;6.—Heb. 7;25.—Isa. 7;14.—Rom. 8;3.—1 Tim. 3;16.
