The Redeemer hath trodden the Wine press alone; what ever was done in this Satisfaction, he did it; Of the People there was none with him. The Sinner hath not the least hand in it, could not pay one, Christ paid every one to the utmost farthing. Thirdly, It was the Judge himself who contrived this way to Justifie us, and it was at his cost, he gave his Son; herein God commended his Love to us, as Abraham once did his faith to God, in that he spared not his Son, his only begotten Son whom he Loved. So that if we rightly weigh it, it will appear, that by how much the Satisfaction is the fuller, by so much the pardon is the freer; by how much his Justice is the more, by so much too is his mercy the more glorified, and still infinitely the more are we obliged.
John Gibbon — John Gibbon (title page: "Mr. Gibbons"), The Nature of Justification Opened, in a Sermon on Romans V. 1 (London: Tho. Parkhurst, 1695), p. 30
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