A89732:1129
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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Answ. The scope of M. Forbes is to prove that not the active but the passive obedience of Christ is the only matter of our justification, and therein his blood and death alone.
Answ. The scope of M. Forbes is to prove that not the active but the passive obedience of Christ is the only matter of our justification, and therein his bloud and death alone.
To that end he distinguisheth between the matter of our righteousness and the requisites in Christ to the end that he may be righteousness unto us; like as the blood of the Lamb is to be distinguished from those things in the Lamb, which made the Lambs blood to serve for a propitiation for sin; placing the active obedience of Christ amongst the requisites, and excluding it from the matter of our righteousness, in both which we leave him.
To that end he distinguisheth between the matter of our righteousnesse and the requisites in Christ to the end that he may be righteousnesse unto us; like as the bloud of the Lamb is to be distinguished from those things in the Lamb, which made the Lambs bloud to serve for a propitiation for sin; placing the active obedience of Christ amongst the requisites, and excluding it from the matter of our righteousnes, in both which we leave him.
The distinction you mention and call it a shift, I find not in the Chapter cited.
The distinction you mention and call it a shift, I finde not in the Chapter cited.