A89732:767
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. In the examination of this distinction which the Author labours much in, and makes much use of, consider we.
Answ. In the examination of this distinction which the Authour labours much in, and makes much use of, consider we.
1. The sense of it, 2. The Scriptures alleged for the ground of it. 3. The scope of it. 4. The deductions from it.
1. The sense of it, 2. The Scriptures alledged for the ground of it. 3. The scope of it. 4. The deductions from it.
By it the Dialogue means, that the natural death ⟨p. 165⟩of Christ (for the spiritual death it denieth) is either Active, actuated by the Divine nature, yea, the joint concurrence of both natures, so he died as a Mediator, and this was real: or Passive, wherein the Jews and Romans inflicted upon him the sores of death, but did not put him to death though they thought they did, so he died as a Malefactor. This was not real, but only in the Jews account; Such is the mind of the distinction.
By it the Dialogue means, that the naturall death ⟨p. 165⟩of Christ (for the spirituall death it denieth) is either Active, actuated by the Divine nature, yea, the joint concurrence of both natures, so he died as a Mediatour, and this was reall: or Passive, wherein the Jews and Romans inflicted upon him the sores of death, but did not put him to death though they thought they did, so he died as a Malefactor. This was not real, but only in the Jews account; Such is the minde of the distinction.