A89732:112
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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The Mediatorly obedience of Christ being by your leaving out these essential parts thereof made unsufficient, there can be no mediatorly sacrifice, ⟨p. 15⟩satisfaction, price, or any merit therein or therefrom.
The Mediatorly obedience of Christ being by your leaving out these essentiall parts thereof made unsufficient, there can be no mediatorly sacrifice, ⟨p. 15⟩satisfaction, price, or any merit therein or therefrom.
The trial of Christs Mediatorly obedience lay in the greatness of those sufferings, which as Mediator he was to undergo, and was so much greater in respect of God, then it was in respect of Satan and his instruments; as the sufferings of the soul exceed the sufferings of the body; the just charge of all the sins of the elect, the unjust charges of men; and as the righteous wrath of God exceeded the unrighteous wrath of Satan and his agents.
The triall of Christs Mediatorly obedience lay in the greatnesse of those sufferings, which as Mediator he was to undergo, and was so much greater in respect of God, then it was in respect of Satan and his instruments; as the sufferings of the soul exceed the sufferings of the body; the just charge of all the sinnes of the elect, the unjust charges of men; and as the righteous wrath of God exceeded the unrighteous wrath of Satan and his agents.
Dialogu. I put as much worth and efficacy in Christs Mediatorial obedience so tried, as they do that plead most for our redemption by his suffering Gods wrath for us.