{"number":39,"question":"Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?","answer":"It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature, perform obedience to the law, suffer and make intercession for us in our nature, have a fellow feeling of our infirmities; that we might receive the adoption of sons, and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.","segments":[{"text":"It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 1:4","osis":["2Pet.1.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"perform obedience to the law,","proofs":["Galatians 4:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:4","osis":["Gal.4.4"]}],"note":null},{"text":"suffer and make intercession for us in our nature,","proofs":["Hebrews 2:14","7:24–25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 2:14","osis":["Heb.2.14"]},{"printed":"7:24–25","osis":["Heb.7.24-Heb.7.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"have a fellow feeling of our infirmities;","proofs":["Hebrews 4:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 4:15","osis":["Heb.4.15"]}],"note":null},{"text":"that we might receive the adoption of sons,","proofs":["Galatians 4:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:5","osis":["Gal.4.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.","proofs":["Hebrews 4:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 4:16","osis":["Heb.4.16"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"wlc":["39"],"wsc-modernized":["21"]},"diffs":[],"page":"80","leaf":42}