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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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'Tis true, Heb. 2.17. and 4.15.1 in all points he was like unto us, sin only excepted; in [All] generically, not individually; that is in [All] in respect of the general kinds of temptation, namely both bodily and spiritually, but not in [All] in respect of each particular passion and malady.
'Tis true, Heb. 2.17. and 4.15.1 in all points he was like unto us, sin only excepted; in [All] generically, not individually; that is in [All] in respect of the generall kindes of temptation, namely both bodily and spiritually, but not in [All] in respect of each particular passion and malady.
- 1Omnis poena damnatorū his duobus continetur generibus, ut aliae pertineant ad corpus, aliae ad animam. Cham. 1.2. l. 5. c. 19. s. 14.Omnis poena damnatorū his duobus continetur generibus, ut aliae pertineant ad corpus, aliae ad animam. Cham. 1.2. l. 5. c. 19. s. 14.
As concerning your second Reason. The place of punishment is not of the essence of punishment. Malefactors may and oft do suffer out of the ordinary place of execution. The devil always suffers hellish pains in some degree, yet is many times out of the place of hell. Souls in this life feel the wrath of God in some degree; 'tis not impossible then in respect of the thing it self, but that it may be felt in its full degree. Christ felt the joys of heaven out of heaven in his transfiguration and after his Resurrection; so he both might and did feel the pains of hell out of hell: There is a penal hell and