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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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Part 1 › Chapter 6: The Vindication of Exod. 20.10. Lev. 1.4. & 4.29. Lev. 8.14. & 16.20, 21.
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The conclusion then you argue for being for us, though we approve not your arguments, we think it best to pass them by, and ease the Reader of so much impertinence, only minding you that your assertion so often used, viz. that they imposed hands, and leaned upon the sacrifice with all their might, is groundless, whatsoever you refer us to in Ainsworth out of Maimony: neither the Hebrew text, nor any other reason countenancing of it.
The conclusion then you argue for being for us, though we approve not your arguments, we think it best to passe them by, and ease the Reader of so much impertinence, only minding you that your assertion so often used, viz. that they imposed hands, and leaned upon the sacrifice with all their might, is groundlesse, whatsoever you refer us to in Ainsworth out of Maimony: neither the Hebrew text, nor any other reason countenancing of it.
Dialogu If you make the act of laying on of hands on the sin-offering, to signify Gods laying our sins upon Christ by imputation, then the same act of laying on of hands with confession of sins upon the Scape-goat must also signify that God did impute our sin to Christ as well after he was escaped from death by his resurrection and ascension, as when he made his oblation here upon earth, and thus by this doctrine Christ is gone as a guilty sinner into heaven.
Dialogu If you make the act of laying on of hands on the sin-offering, to signifie Gods laying our sins upon Christ by imputation, then the same act of laying on of hands with confession of sins upon the Scape-goat must also signifie that God did impute our sin to Christ as well after he was escaped from death by his resurrection and ascention, as when he made his oblation here upon earth, and thus by this doctrine Christ is gone as a guilty sinner into heaven.