A89732:668
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 sum whereof take thus;1 Christs Mediatorly obedience (according to the Dialogue) are certain actions performed by him (not in way of obedience to the moral Law, for all such actions he performed ⟨p. 140⟩as a godly Jew and as man only, but) as God-man Mediator unto the Law of Mediatorship, especially after 30 years of age, the Master-piece whereof was his yielding himself to suffer a bodily death.
The sum whereof take thus;1 Christs Mediatorly obedience (according to the Dialogue) are certain actions performed by him (not in way of obedience to the moral Law, for all such actions he performed ⟨p. 140⟩as a godly Jew and as man only, but) as God-man Mediatour unto the Law of Mediatorship, especially after 30 years of age, the Master-piece whereof was his yielding himself to suffer a bodily death.
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1Mediatorly obedience, according to the received doctrine of the Orthodox, is the inherent conformity and whole course of the active and passive obedience of Christ from his conception to his passion inclusively, performed by him as God-man Mediator, unto the Law, in way of Covenant, whereunto the whole good of Redemption was due unto the Elect for Christs sake, according to order of justice, though conferred upon them in a way of mere grace.
1Mediatorly obedience, according to the received doctrine of the Orthodox, is the inherent conformity and whole course of the active and passive obedience of Christ from his conception to his passion inclusively, performed by him as God-man Mediatour, unto the Law, in way of Covenant, whereunto the whole good of Redemption was due unto the Elect for Christs sake, according to order of justice, though conferred upon them in a way of meer grace.