A89732:208
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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Dialogu. The common doctrine of imputation, is I know not what kind of imputation; it is such a strange kind of imputation, it differs from all the several sorts of imputing sin to any that ever I can meet withal in all the Scriptures.
Dialogu. The common doctrine of imputation, is I know not what kinde of imputation; it is such a strange kinde of imputation, it differs from all the severall sorts of imputing sin to any that ever I can meet withall in all the Scriptures.
Answ. It is a judicial imputation of that unto a person, which is not his properly, but made his by way of voluntary, and both Legal and Evangelical account.
Answ. It is a judiciall imputation of that unto a person, which is not his properly, but made his by way of voluntary, and both Legall and Evangelicall account.
If you know not what kind of Imputation it is, the being of things depends not upon mans knowledge, much less upon his ignorance, but upon the will of God: notwithstanding the term of imputation in this sense were not in the Scripture, yet the thing intended by it is: The terms of essence, trinity, satisfaction, merit, &c. are not in the Scripture expressly, yet are they acknowledged generally to be contained in the Scripture by just consequence; because the things contained by those terms are found therein expressly: The very term Impute taken for judicial imputation of that unto a person, which is not his properly; yet reckoned to be his in a way of grace, is (as was said before) ten times used Rom. 4.
If you know not what kinde of Imputation it is, the being of things depends not upon mans knowledge, much lesse upon his ignorance, but upon the will of God: notwithstanding the term of imputation in this sense were not in the Scripture, yet the thing intended by it is: The terms of essence, trinity, satisfaction, merit, &c. are not in the Scripture expresly, yet are they acknowledged generally to be contained in the Scripture by just consequence; because the things contained by those terms are found therein expresly: The very term Impute taken for judicial imputation of that unto a person, which is not his properly; yet reckoned to be his in a way of grace, is (as was said before) ten times used