A89732:264
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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The force of this reason is;1 Christs sacrifice was effectual to procure Atonement, therefore sin was not imputed to him: a meer non-sequitur; nay, the contrary consequence is true: Christ appeared, that is, was manifested in the flesh to put away sin. Heb. 9.26, 28. was once offered to bear the sins of many, ver. 28. The greek word used here by Paul, and elsewhere by Peter, 1 Pet. 2.24. signifieth to take, carry, or bear up up high, and that so as to bear away; and is an allusion unto the whole burnt-offering; that we may then have the clear and full sense of the Apostles phrase, we must inform our selves, as concerning the type or manner how the burnt-offering was laid upon the Altar (whereunto the cross is in some respect tacitly compared) which was thus.
The force of this reason is;1 Christs sacrifice was effectuall to procure Atonement, therefore sin was not imputed to him: a meer non-sequitur; nay, the contrary consequence is true: Christ appeared, that is, was manifested in the flesh to put away sin. Heb. 9.26, 28. was once offered to bear the sins of many, ver. 28. The greek word used here by Paul, and elsewhere by Peter, 1 Pet. 2.24. signifieth to take, carry, or bear up op high, and that so as to bear away; and is an allusion unto the whole burnt-offering; that we may then have the clear and full sense of the Apostles phrase, we must inform our selves, as concerning the type or manner how the burnt-offering was laid upon the Altar (whereunto the crosse is in some respect tacitly compared) which was thus.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Sursum tulit Piscat. in 1 Pe. 2.24.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Sursum tulit Piscat. in