A89732:683
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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Christ is such a Redeemer as is also a surety, Heb. 7.22. that is, such a Redeemer as sets himself in the stead of the Redeemed; so Isaac was saved by the Ram, Gen. 22.12, 13. the firstling of the Ass with a Lamb, Exo. 13.13. (although out of the indulgence of God it was at the pleasure of the owner to redeem the firstlings of unclean creatures, either with a lamb or money, yet no price can dispense in the case of the Antitype, 1 Pet. 1.18, 19.) A slain bullock was a typical sacrifice in stead of the owner.
Christ is such a Redeemer as is also a surety, Heb. 7.22. that is, such a Redeemer as sets himself in the stead of the Redeemed; so Isaac was saved by the Ram, Gen. 22.12, 13. the firstling of the Asse with a Lamb, Exo. 13.13. (although out of the indulgence of God it was at the pleasure of the owner to redeem the firstlings of unclean creatures, either with a lamb or money, yet no price can dispense in the case of the Antitype, 1 Pet. 1.18, 19.) A slain bullock was a typical sacrifice in stead of the owner.
Christ died for us as a Vice-sufferer, not for our good only, as Socinus would have it, but also in our ⟨p. 144⟩place and stead:1