A89732:736
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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But the Dialogues conclusion expressing it self in ambiguous terms capable both of the sense of the Orthodox and Heterodox, doth by this unseasonable and irregular equivocation betray the weakness of its cause and arguments both at once.
But the Dialogues conclusion expressing it self in ambiguous terms capable both vf the sense of the Orthodox and Heterodox, doth by this unseasonable and irregular equivocation betray the weaknesse of its cause and arguments both at once.
Answ. 'Tis true, the sacrifice of the humane nature could not have profited any thing but by reason of the Person whereunto it was united: which notwithstanding the Person was not the sole cause of the efficacy of the oblation; had the eminency of the Person been sufficient alone, then one drop of his blood might have been as effectual as his life-blood, and so your reasoning would be against your self.
Answ. 'Tis true, the sacrifice of the humane nature could not have profited any thing but by reason of the Person whereunto it was united: which notwithstanding the Person was not the sole cause of the efficacy of the oblation; had the eminency of the Person been sufficient alone, then one drop of his bloud might have been as effectual as his life-bloud, and so your reasoning would be against your self.