A89732:386
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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Answ. He prayed that he might be delivered from death, Good, but this death was the death of the cross; for unto it his strong cries refer, Mar. 14.37, the principal matter whereof was the curse, viz. the wrath of God, wherefore also out of this verse, from the word Death (if not from the word translated Fear) it is truly argued, that Christ suffered the wrath of God. Not Christs salvation out of his sufferings, but the glory of God in the salvation of the Elect was the master-piece of his prayers, Joh. 17.
Answ. He prayed that he might be delivered from death, Good, but this death was the death of the crosse; for unto it his strong cries refer, Mar. 14.37, the principall matter whereof was the curse, viz. the wrath of God, wherefore also out of this verse, from the word Death (if not from the word translated Fear) it is truly argued, that Christ suffered the wrath of God. Not Christs salvation out of his sufferings, but the glory of God in the salvation of the Elect was the master-piece of his prayers, Joh. 17.
Dialogu. But for the better understanding the very thing it self that he did so often, and so earnestly pray to be delivered from, we must consider him with a twofold respect.
1. As he was true man, so he prayed to be saved from death conditionally, Mat. 26.39.