Why must he in one person be also very God? That he might, by the power of his Godhead [48] sustain in his human nature, [49] the burden of God's wrath; [50] and might obtain for, and restore to us, righteousness and life. [51] Footnotes: [48] Isa. 9:6; Isa. 63:3. [49] Isa. 53:4, 11. [50] Deut. 4:24; Nah. 1:6; Ps. 130:3. [51] Isa. 53:5, 11; Acts 2:24; 1:Pet. 3:18; John 3:16; Acts 20:28; John 1:4. |