A89732:104
A discussion of that great point in divinity, the sufferings of Christ; and the…
A discussion of that great point in divinity, the sufferings of Christ; and the question about his righteousness active, passive : and the imputation thereof. Being an answer to a dialogue entitled The meritorious price of redemption, justification, &c. / By John Norton teacher of the church at Ipswich in New-England. Who was appointed to draw up this answer by the general court.A discussion of that great point in divinity, the sufferings of Christ; and the question about his righteousnesse active, passive : and the imputation thereof. Being an answer to a dialogue intituled The meritorious price of redemption, justification, &c. / By John Norton teacher of the church at Ipswich in New-England. Who was appointed to draw up this answer by the generall court.
London: printed by A.M. for Geo. Calvert, 1653
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CHAP. II. The stating of the controversy.
CHAP. II. The stating of the controversie.
Dialogu I Hold that Jesus Christ our Mediator did pay the full price of our Redemption to his father by the merit of his mediatorial obedience, which according to Gods determinate counsel, was tried through sufferings, inflicted upon his body as upon a Malefactor, by Satan and his Instruments.
Dialogu I Hold that Jesus Christ our Mediatour did pay the full price of our Redemption to his father by the merit of his mediatorial obedience, which according to Gods determinate counsell, was tried through sufferings, inflicted upon his body as upon a Malefactor, by Satan and his Instruments.
Answ. Neither the merit of Christ without his mediatorly obedience, nor his mediatorly obedience without his merit, but both conjoined are the meritorious price: whence according to the language of the Orthodox the mediatorly obedience of Christ is the meritorious price of our redemption; ⟨p. 14⟩but this manner of speech the Dialogue declines, choosing rather to express it self by affected if not ambiguous terms, viz. [Christ payed the price of our redemption by the merit of his Mediatorial obedience] the meaning of which Sibboleth we shall soon see.
Answ. Neither the merit of Christ without his mediatorly obedience, nor his mediatorly obedience without his merit, but both conjoyned are the meritorious price: whence according to the language of the Orthodox the mediatorly obedience of Christ is the meritorious price of our redemption;