A89732:168
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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Answ. All that you say concerning spiritual death befalling Adam in the day that he sinned, and therefore primarily inflicted, is vain and impertinent; for that denieth not the inflicting of eternal death to be intended afterward, nay, it rather argueth eternal death to be primarily intended, because not executed; according to that Proposition, That which is first in intention is last in execution.
Answ. All that you say concerning spiritual death befalling Adam in the day that he sinned, and therefore primarily inflicted, is vain and impertinent; for that denyeth not the inflicting of eternall death to be intended afterward, nay, it rather argueth eternall death to be primarily intended, because not executed; according to that Proposition, That which is first in intention is last in execution.
That which is of the essence or substance of the punishment of sin, is primarily in the curse, and therefore primarily to be understood; but death for sin, not death in sin is of the essence of the punishment of sin, as we saw in the first Distinction, Chapter the first.
Instead of proving your assertion, viz. That it was impossible for Christ to suffer any of the cursed death, intended Gen. 2.17. your arguing only proves another thing, viz. that the death here primarily intended was spiritual death, i. e. death in sin, which Christ could not suffer, and so you lose your Question.
Instead of proving your assertion, viz. That it was impossible for Christ to suffer any of the cursed death, intended Gen. 2.17. your arguing only proves another thing, viz. that the death here primarily intended was spirituall death, i. e. death in sinne, which Christ could not suffer, and so you lose your Question.