A89732:784
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 respect of the natural death of Christ, God was the universal efficient. The second cause cannot act without the concurse of the first, Act. 17.28. The formal efficiency of the second cause consists with, and is subordinate to the universal efficiency of the first cause; so as the efficiency of the second cause is both ordered by, and is also the effect of the first cause; but the deficiency of the second cause, though it be ordered by,1 yet it is not the effect of the first cause.
Answ. In respect of the natural death of Christ, God was the universal efficient. The second cause cannot act without the concurse of the first, Act. 17.28. The formall efficiency of the second cause consists with, and is subordinate to the universal efficiency of the first cause; so as the efficiency of the second cause is both ordered by, and is also the effect of the first cause; but the deficiency of the second cause, though it be ordered by,1 yet it is not the effect of the first cause.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Ad efficientem causam indirectè refertur voluntas ipsius Christi. Synops. pur. theol. disput. 27. thes. 19.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Ad efficientem causam indirectè refertur voluntas ipsius Christi. Synops. pur. theol. disput. 27. thes. 19.
Christ as Mediator was the voluntary cause freely and readily consenting to the Fathers will, Heb. 10.7