A89732:1162
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 Legal acceptance of the offended or creditor,1 and the consent of the surety are sufficient for the Legal charging the offence or debt of a third person (who is the offender or debtor) upon the surety.
The Legal acceptance of the offended or creditor,1 and the consent of the surety are sufficient for the Legall charging the offence or debt of a third person (who is the offender or debtor) upon the surety.
- 1Justitia Christi non imputatur nobis ut causis, sed ut subjectis tantura. Bellarm. encr. Tom. 4. l. 6. c. 1.
Christs obedience is imputed to us not formally, as if we were the performers thereof, but in respect of its efficacy, because we have the benefit of it as effectually as if we had performed it our selves. The obedience of Christ is imputed to us as the Subjects merely, not as the causes of it. Christs actions are ours not properly but virtually in respect of their vigour, good, benefit and efficacy.
Christs obedience is imputed to us not formally, as if we were the performers thereof, but in respect of its efficacy, because we have the benefit of it as effectually as if we had performed it our selves. The obedience of Christ is imputed to us as the Subjects meerly, not as the causes of it. Christs actions are ours not properly but virtually in respect of their vigour, good, benefit and efficacy.
Dialogu. In like sort our blessed Mediator (as he is the mystical head of all believers in the Covenant of grace) did take care to do all and every act of Mediatorial obedience that might procure his Fathers Atonement for the good and benefit of every member of his mystical body, as fully and effectually as if every member could have performed those acts of Mediatorial obedience themselves. And in this sense God doth impute the efficacy of all Christs Mediatorial obedience to all believers as the only meritorious price of his Fathers atonement for them.