A89732:117
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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Dialogu. They place the price of our Redemption in his suffering Gods wrath for us in the full weight and measure, as it is due to our sins by the Curse of the Law: I place the price of our redemption in the merit of his Mediatorial obedience, whereof his Mediatorial sacrifice of Atonement was the Master-piece.
Dialogu. They place the price of our Redemption in his suffering Gods wrath for us in the full weight and measure, as it is due to our sins by the Curse of the Law: I place the price of our redemption in the merit of his Mediatorial obedience, whereof his Mediatoriall sacrifice of Atonement was the Master-piece.
Answ. We place it not only in Christs sufferings, but both in Christs sufferings and Gods acceptation; ⟨p. 16⟩the worth of a thing and the price are to be distinguished;1 the full worth may be tendered by the buyer, but the worth is not a price without the acceptation of the seller. Ahab offers the worth of the vineyard, 1 Kin. 21.21. but it was not a price without Naboths consent: though the obedience of Christ being the obedience of God-man, was of infinite virtue in it self, yet it could not have obliged God to the acceptation thereof, nor make him a debtor thereunto without his consent.
Answ. We place it not only in Christs sufferings, but both in Christs sufferings and Gods acceptation; ⟨p. 16⟩the worth of a thing and the price are to be distinguished;1 the full worth may be tendred by the buyer, but the worth is not a price without the acceptation of the seller. Ahab offers the worth of the vineyard,