A89732:481
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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The Apostle speaks of the eternal or moral curse, vers. 10. and of both the eternal and ceremonial curse, ver. 13. what more frequent then to hold forth a real truth by Rhetorical terms, yet here the Apostles stile is simple not Rhetorical. Your needless affecting a Rhetorical stile in this Text brings to mind the words of Beza, speaking of Erasmus, 1seeking also a Trope in this place [Christ being made a curse for us] Nay, verily (saith he) in that is our whole hope laid up, in that appeareth the infinite love of God, in that is our salvation placed, that our God poured out all his wrath upon his own Son, properly and without any trope, he cursed him as he was our surety properly and without any Trope. The word [when] whereby you wrest that unto the time which is spoken of the manner how we are redeemed, is of your own putting in, and not in the Text.
The Apostle speaks of the eternall or morall curse, vers. 10. and of both the eternall and ceremoniall curse, ver. 13. what more frequent then to hold forth a reall truth by Rhetoricall terms, yet here the Apostles stile is simple not Rhetoricall. Your needlesse affecting a Rhetoricall stile in this Text brings to minde the words of Beza, speaking of Erasmus, 1seeking also a Trope in this place [Christ being made a curse for us] Nay, verily (saith he) in that is our whole hope laid up, in that appeareth the infinite love of God, in that is our salvation placed, that our God pour'd out all his wrath upon his own Son, properly and without any trope, he cursed him as he was our surety properly and without any Trope. The word [when] whereby you wrest that unto the time which is spoken of the manner how we are redeemed, is of your own putting in, and not in the Text.
- 1Imò verò in eo positae est tota nostra spes. Vide Bezam in Gal. 3.13.