A89732:1189
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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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.
Answ. The acts or works of God are of three sorts: Essentiall, whose principle is the divine essence subsisting in the relative properties of Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost, its object the creature: Personal, whose both principle and object or term is one or more of the three persons; or mixt, 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.
The external essential works of God are wrought jointly, immediately and formally by all the persons; ⟨p. 264⟩because the principle of them is the divine essence,1 which is common to all the three persons; the Son is God of himself, the holy Ghost is God of himself, the denial hereof argueth no little ignorance of the nature of God.
The externall essentiall works of God are wrought jointly, immediatly and formally by all the persons; ⟨p. 264⟩because the principle of them is the divine essence,1 which is common to all the three persons; the Son is God of himself, the holy Ghost is God of himself, the deniall herof argueth no little ignorance of the nature of God.