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ANSWER. [ A]
First, If the Bloud of Christ is of infinite price, To what purpose doe you conioyne the bloud of a 1.1 Martyrs, and the vo∣luntarie Passions of Creatures, to the same? For is any man so foolish, as to adde the Light of a Candle to the cleare Light of the Sunne? If you answere, They are conioyned, not in equalitie, but by Subordination; I demand, Where hath the Sonne of God appointed this? And if you couple humane [ B] Satisfactions to Christs expiation of veniall sinne b 1.2, and the temporall paine of mortall; you may vpon as good warrant doe it, for the attonement of the eternall punishment: because (according to your former Tenet) by mysticall Vnion, the Actions and Passions of the Members, are the Actions and Passions of the Head c 1.3; and consequently, they may partake vertue of satisfying, with the Passions of Christ.
Secondly, Although one drop of Christs Bloud, euen when he was Circumcised, and whipped, might haue beene sufficient for mans Redemption, if God had so ordayned; yet presupposing the Diuine Decree, and Ordinance, to the [ E] contrarie, one drop of Christs Bloud is not sufficient to make Satisfaction for our sinnes; because Sufficiencie in this kind, is to be measured by the Wisedome, Will, and Acceptati∣on of the Ordayner; which requireth as much as himselfe