A89732:703
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. What the Dialogue in the beginning of the second part called Mediatorly obedience; annexing this note withal upon the Margin [the thing of price which Christ paid for our Redemption was his Mediatorly obedience] is here expressed by the meritorious efficacy of the blood of Christ, The Reader therefore is here to be desired to keep in mind that the matter intended by these terms is the obedience of the Mediator; that so the alteration of the words may not insensibly steal away his attention to the question, nor abuse him into a better opinion then there is cause of this part of the discourse which vilifieth the sufferings of Christ under a specious pretence to magnify the blood of Christ: nor occasion him to drink in the mind of the Dialogue concerning our Redemption by the death of Christ only, according to its interpretation, it being more aptly if not subtly insinuated under these words [the meritorious efficacy of the blood of Christ] then under the phrase of [Mediatorly obedience] whereof the shedding of his blood only was a small part.
Answ. What the Dialogue in the beginning of the second part called Mediatorly obedience; annexing this note withall upon the Margent [the thing of price which Christ paid for our Redemption was his Mediatorly obedience] is here expressed by the meritorious efficacy of the bloud of Christ, The Reader therefore is here to be desired to keep in minde that the matter intended by these terms is the obedience of the Mediatour; that so the alteration of the words may not insensibly steal away his attention to the question, nor abuse him into a better opinion then there is cause of this part of the discourse which vilifieth the sufferings of Christ under a specious pretence to magnifie the bloud of Christ: nor occasion him to drink in the minde of the Dialogue concerning our Redemption by the death of Christ only, according to its interpretation, it being more aptly if not subtlely insinuated under these words [the meritorious efficacy of the bloud of Christ] then under the phrase of [Mediatorly obedience] whereof the shedding of his bloud only was a small part.
They that desire to speak properly, distinguish thus between Value, Equality, Merit, and Efficacy in the point of Mediatorly obedience: Value respects the sufficient worth of it; Equality respects the full and adequate satisfaction thereof unto Divine justice; Merit is that whereby the good of Redemption is due, for the sake thereof unto the Elect, according to the order of justice; Efficacy intends the actual application of the benefit thereof unto the Elect. But understanding in this place with the Dialogue, the