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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 Paschal Lamb typically sacrificed, not only for the good, but also in stead of the several families, and the Lamb of the daily offering, typically sacrificed not only for the good, but also in stead of the people, the killed Goat upon which sin was laid typically, slain not only for the good, but in the stead of the sinful owner, Lev. 16. The ram slain in stead of Isaac, the Lamb in stead of, and for the Redemption of the firstling of the Ass, or for the firstling of any other beasts synecdochically, all these signified our Redemption by Christ, not to be a redemption by laying down a price only or acceptilation, but by way of suretyship, where that which doth Redeem is put in the place of the Redeemed.
The Paschall Lamb typically sacrificed, not only for the good, but also in stead of the severall families, and the Lamb of the daily offering, typically sacrificed not only for the good, but also in stead of the people, the killed Goat upon which sin was laid typically, slain not only for the good, but in the stead of the sinfull owner, Lev. 16. The ram slain in stead of Isaac, the Lamb in stead of, and for the Redemption of the firstling of the Asse, or for the firstling of any other beasts synechdochically, all these signified our Redemption by Christ, not to be a redemption by laying down a price only or acceptilation, but by way of suretiship, where that which doth Redeem is put in the place of the Redeemed.
Though in many typical redemptions (for it was not so in all no price could exempt the Paschal Lamb, or the Lamb for the daily sacrifice, or the killed ⟨p. 147⟩goat) God accepted of a price, and spared life, yet not so in the Antitype. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from your vain conversation, received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot,