A89732:499
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. Though the person thus accursed was according to the Law a person worthy of death, yet not the guilt of the person, but the typifying of the moral curse was the reason of this ceremonial curse. For greater Malefactors (as was intimated before) ⟨p. 98⟩then some that were hanged, if they were not hanged were not accursed. Though the manner of the Jews were to hang up those that were stoned to death, yet we read not in the Scripture of any that were both stoned and hanged, though we read of Achan that he was both stoned and burned, but not that he was hanged. Naboth was stoned but we do not read that he was hanged. The King of Ai was hanged, but we do not read that he was first stoned, Josh. 8.29. The like we may observe of Sauls sons, 2 Sam. 29.4. The Gibeonites being Proselytes were bound to the same laws with the Jews, Exod. 12.49. Those five Kings that were hanged were first slain (but 'tis not said they were stoned, nor doth any reason in the text lead so to think) and afterwards hanged. Howsoever it is no consequence, they were great offenders upon whom the ceremonial curse was inflicted, Deut. 21.23. Therefore the curse inflicted upon Christ (whom we have already proved to be the greatest offender, as being imputatively guilty of all the sins of the elect both hanged upon the cross, and others) was not the moral curse.
Answ. Though the person thus accursed was according to the Law a person worthy of death, yet not the guilt of the person, but the typifying of the morall curse was the reason of this ceremoniall curse. For greater Malefactors (as was intimated before) ⟨p. 98⟩then some that were hanged, if they were not hanged were not accursed. Though the manner of the Jews were to hang up those that were stoned to death, yet we reade not in the Scripture of any that were both stoned and hanged, though we reade of Achan that he was both stoned and burned, but not that he was hanged. Naboth was stoned but we do not reade that he was hanged. The King of Ai was hanged, but we do not reade that he was first stoned,