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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 8: The Vindication of Mat. 26.37. Mar. 14.33. Luke 22.53.
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1Moreover in answer to some who being confuted, leaned (as he saith) to another cavillation, that though Christ feared death, yet he feared not the curse and wrath of God, from which he knew himself to be safe. After other discourse he useth words to this effect; whereby it appeareth (saith he) that those triflers against whom I now dispute, boldly babble upon things they know not, because they never earnestly considered what it is, or of how great importance it is that we be redeemed from the judgement of God: thus far Calvin.
- 1Calv. instit. l. 2. c. 16. s. 13.
Dialogu I cannot apprehend that he was afraid of the wrath of God for our sin in the night before his death: for then he could not have said as he did, I have set the Lord always before my eyes, he's at my right hand, Psa. 16.8. therefore I shall not be moved. I cannot apprehend that his troubled fear exceeded the bounds of natural fear.
Dialogu I cannot apprehend that he was afraid of the wrath of God for our sin in the night before his death: for then he could not have said as he did, I have set the Lord alwaies before my eyes, he's at my right hand, Psa. 16.8. therefore I shall not be moved. I cannot apprehend that his troubled fear exceeded the bounds of naturall fear.
Answ. His confidence that he should not be moved by his sufferings, either from his hope, state, or the good hoped for; but that it should be with him as ver. 10. showeth us his certainty of victory; which doth not oppose but rather suppose the matter of his sufferings, which the Scripture manifests to be the wrath of God. Neither can we apprehend that Christs fear exceeded the bounds of natural fear, understanding by natural fear regular fear, in which sense this distinction is used by Divines after Damascene; who distinguished fear into a fear according to nature (this was in Christ) and a fear besides nature, adverse to reason, this was not in Christ.