Q. 38. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God?
A. It was requisite that the Mediator should be God, that he might sustain and keep the human nature from sinking under the infinite wrath of God, and the power of death,
144 give worth and efficacy to his sufferings, obedience, and intercession;
145 and to satisfy God’s justice,
146 procure his favour,
147 purchase a peculiar people,
148 give his Spirit to them,
149 conquer all their enemies,
150 and bring them to everlasting salvation.
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Q. 39. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?
A. It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature,
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153 suffer and make intercession for us in our nature,
154 have a fellow-feeling of our infirmities;
155 that we might receive the adoption of sons,
156 and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.
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Q. 40. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person?
A. It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person, that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us,
158 and relied on by us as the works of the whole person.
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