A89732:1197
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 2 › Section 2 › Chapter 9: Of Atonement or Reconciliation.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. The Father must be considered as the efficient and as the formal cause of a sinners atonement.
3. The holy Ghost must be considered as the principal instrumental cause of the Fathers atonement, by working in sinners the grace of faith, by which sinners are enabled to apprehend and receive the Fathers atonement: Or thus, The Father must be considered as the efficient cause, the Son as the Mediatorial procuring cause, and the holy Ghost as the principal instrumental cause of all blessings, that poor believing sinners do enjoy, Eph. 1.3.
3. The holy Ghost must be considered as the principal instrumental cause of the Fathers atonement, by working in sinners the grace of faith, by which sinners are enabled to apprehend and receive the Fathers atonement: Or thus, The Father must be considered as the efficient cause, the Son as the Mediatoriall procuring cause, and the holy Ghost as the principall instrumentall cause of all blessings, that poor believing sinners do enjoy, Eph. 1.3