A89732:532
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. Ursinus doth plainly deny that Christ suffered the pains of the damned in his body, in Catech. pa. 487. ⟨p. 107⟩Printed 1611. These pains (saith he) he suffered not in his body, for the sufferings of his body were only external, therefore (saith he) he suffered those pains in his soul; And yet in the same Catechism, pag. 487. he affirmeth, That Christ suffered the wrath of God both in his body and in his soul, to deliver our souls and bodies from eternal damnation.
Dialogu. Ʋrsinus doth plainly deny that Christ suffered the pains of the damned in his body, in Catech. pa. 487. ⟨p. 107⟩Printed 1611. These pains (saith he) he suffered not in his body, for the sufferings of his body were only externall, therefore (saith he) he suffered those pains in his soul; And yet in the same Catechisme, pag. 487. he affirmeth, That Christ suffered thè wrath of God both in his body and in his soul, to deliver our souls and bodies from eternall damnation.
Answ. There is much difference between a contradiction and a denial. If he denieth that Christ suffered the pains of the damned either in body or soul,1 as you affirm, in so saying, he saith the truth, with divers others, who distinguish between the pains of those who deserved to be damned, namely, the Elect, and the pains of the damned, and judiciously resolve that it is better to say Christ suffered the pains of those who were to be damned according to their deserts, that is, the essential punishment due unto the Elect for their sins, then that he suffered the punishment of the damned, part whereof, though not the substantial but circumstantial, is their total and final separation from God, sin, despair, duration of the torments for ever, &c. none of which Christ suffered.
Answ. There is much difference between a contradiction and a deniall. If he denieth that Christ suffered the pains of the damned either in body or soul,