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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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Christ in Gods account suffered not only as a Mediator, but also as a malefactor or transgressor, i. e. a sinner imputatively in respect of the guilt and punishment of sin; he was such a Mediator to whom it was essential (for the time) to be a Malefactor, that is, to suffer the guilt and punishment of sin. The Priesthood was essential to the Mediator. To be a sacrifice for sin was essential to the Priesthood, Isa. 53.10. Therefore to be a sacrifice for sin was essential to the office of a Mediator.
Christ in Gods account suffered not only as a Mediator, but also as a malefactor or transgressor, i. e. a sinner imputatively in respect of the guilt and punishment of sin; he was such a Mediator to whom it was essentiall (for the time) to be a Malefactor, that is, to suffer the guilt and punishment of sin. The Priesthood was essentiall to the Mediatour. To be a sacrifice for sin was essentiall to the Priesthood, Isa. 53.10. Therefore to be a sacrifice for sinne was essentiall to the office of a Mediatour.
As Christ was by office, so he died. Christ died not only as a Mediator, Heb. 8.6. but also as a surety, Heb. 7.22. He shall bear their iniquity, Isa. 53.11.1 as a Porter bears a burden, and that upon the Tree, 1 Pet. 2.24. He was made sin, 2 Cor. 5.21. Christ separated his soul from his body, as a subordinate cause, not as a principal efficient, that is, as a surety, by voluntary yielding and offering up his life,