A89732:154
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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Since you dislike the last member of the disjunction you do ill to approve the former, for thence it followeth, Either that God is not true, or else that Adam with his Elect posterity must perish: for they sinned, yet by your exposition neither die in themselves nor in their surety, notwithstanding the Divine Commination; and so either you take truth from God, or salvation from the elect (which also denieth the truth of God in the promise) in your very entrance.
But why cannot the curse here threatened be extended unto the Redeemer?
But why cannot the curse here threatned be extended unto the Redeemer?
Dialogu. This Text doth not comprehend Jesus Christ within the compass of it, for this Text is a part of the Covenant only that God made with Adam and his posterity, respecting the happiness they had by Creation.
Dialogu. This Text doth not comprehend Jesus Christ within the compasse of it, for this Text is a part of the Covenant only that God made with Adam and his posterity, respecting the happinesse they had by Creation.