A89732:719
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. Christ considered as a Priest was obliged in the state of his humiliation to fulfil the Law in our stead, and consequently the sacrifice that he offered as our Priest, was the whole work of his active and passive obedience; the Priests who were a type of Christ stood severally charged with the custody of the Ark, wherein the Decalogue distinguished into two Tables was laid up. Duties of active as well as passive obedience are ordinarily called Sacrifices, Heb. 13.16.
Answ. Christ considered as a Priest was obliged in the state of his humiliation to fullfill the Law in our stead, and consequently the sacrifice that he offered as our Priest, was the whole work of his active and passive obedience; the Priests who were a type of Christ stood severally charged with the custody of the Ark, wherein the Decalogue distinguished into two Tables was laid up. Duties of active as well as passive obedience are ordinarily called Sacrifices, Heb. 13.16.
The Priest that offered this Sacrifice was not the Divine nature alone, but the Person of Christ consisting of both natures with the needless repetition of which, it is full time to cease troubling the Reader any further.
The Priest that offered this Sacrifice was not the Divine nature alone, but the Person of Christ consisting of both natures with the needlesse repetition of which, it is full time to cease troubling the Reader any further.
So to attribute the Mediatorly obedience of his death unto the divine nature, as to exclude the humane ⟨p. 153⟩