The One and Only

     "There is but one God, " says St Paul, "and one mediator between God and man; namely, the man Jesus Christ, who gave himself a ransom for all" Therefore, let no man think to draw near unto God, or obtain grace of him, without this mediator, high-priest, and advocate.

     It follows that we cannot through our good works, honestly of life, virtues, deserts, sanctity, or through the works of the law, appease God's wrath, or obtain forgiveness of sins; and that all deserts of saints are quite rejected and condemned, so that through them no human creature can be justified before God. Moreover, we see how fierce God's anger is against sins, seeing that by none other sacrifice or offering could they be appeased and stilled, but by the precious blood of the Son of God.