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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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Part 2 › Section 2 › Chapter 9: Of Atonement or Reconciliation.
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Dialogu. This also must be remembered, that no other person in Trinity doth forgive sins formally but God the Father only; Mar. 2.7. Col. 2.13. he of his free grace did ordain the Mediator, as the meritorious procuring cause of his forgiveness, and therefore it is said that he doth forgive us all our sins for Christs sake, Ephes. 4.32. sometimes Christ is said to forgive sins, Col. 3.3. but still we must understand his forgiveness to be in a Mediatorial way, not formally.
Dialogu. This also must be remembred, that no other person in Trinity doth forgive sins formally but God the Father only; Mar. 2.7. Col. 2.13. he of his free grace did ordain the Mediatour, as the meritorious procuring cause of his forgivenesse, and therefore it is said that he doth forgive us all our sins for Christs sake, Ephes. 4.32. sometimes Christ is said to forgive sins, Col. 3.3. but still we must understand his forgivenesse to be in a Mediatoriall way, not formally.
Answ. The acts or works of God are of three sorts: Essential, whose principle is the divine essence subsisting in the relative properties of Father, Son, and holy Ghost, its object the creature: Personal, whose both principle and object or term is one or more of the three persons; or mixed, the principle whereof is the divine essence, the object or term one of the persons, such is the Incarnation, having the divine essence for its principle, the second person for its term or object.