Q. 14. Can there then be found anywhere one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?

Question. Can there then be found anywhere one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?

Answer. 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).

Proofs.

[proof-1] Gen. 2;17.—In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt shurely die.— Heb. 10;4.—Heb. 2;16.
[proof-2] 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.