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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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Dialogu. Thus have I showed unto you the dependence of the first part of this Psalm; by which you may see how the scope of this Psalm doth set out the sufferings of Christ to proceed not from Gods wrath but from mans only. Neither do I find any thing of Gods wrath either in this or in any other Psalm, and yet Christ doth make as doleful complaint to God of his sufferings, ⟨p. 87⟩both in this Psalm, and Psal. 69. as any can be found in all the Bible.
Dialogu. Thus have I shewed unto you the dependance of the first part of this Psalm; by which you may see how the scope of this Psalm doth set out the sufferings of Christ to proceed not from Gods wrath but from mans only. Neither do I finde any thing of Gods wrath either in this or in any other Psalm, and yet Christ doth make as dolefull complaint to God of his sufferings, ⟨p. 87⟩both in this Psalm, and Psal. 69. as any can be found in all the Bible.
Answ. What you have said upon the first part of this Psalm of any weight against the sufferings of Christ as proceeding from Gods wrath, hath been considered, and its insufficiency to that end sufficiently manifested. It hath also been proved out of part of the first part of this Psalm, viz. ver. 1.2.11. that Christ suffered the wrath of God; yet because (notwithstanding you cannot be ignorant of much that is spoken to that purpose) you do as much as say, that neither here or elsewhere you can find this truth in the Scripture, that the Reader may here see (for proofs from other places are to be expected elsewhere) how Christs suffering the wrath of God, is argued from his doleful complaints in his passion: I shall close this discourse, presenting him with a brief yet sad and serious view of the passion of our Lord Jesus,1