A89732:790
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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If because the life of Christ could not be taken away ⟨p. 169⟩until the time appointed, nor without his consent, it therefore followeth, that the Jews and Romans did not take away his life, by the same reason it may be said of the blood that was shed at the scourging, crucifying, the piercing of his side with the Lance, that they did not take away that blood from him only endeavoured to take away his blood: for that blood was not shed until the time appointed, not until Christ pleased, it being in the power of the Divine nature to have retained it. Nay, why may it not be said by the same reason, of all the sufferings inflicted upon him by men, that they did but endeavour to afflict him, but they did not afflict him, since all the evils that men inflicted upon him were inflicted according to his consent, and in the time and manner as was written, Luk. 22.37. Act. 3.18. This reasoning too much favoureth Socinians and other heretics, who deny the sufferings of Christ to be real, affirming them only to be Metaphorical.
If because the life of Christ could not be taken away ⟨p. 169⟩until the time appointed, nor without his consent, it therefore followeth, that the Jews and Romans did not take away his life, by the same reason it may be said of the bloud that was shed at the scourging, crucifying, the piercing of his side with the Lance, that they did not take away that bloud from him only endeavoured to take away his bloud: for that bloud was not shed until the time appointed, not until Christ pleased, it being in the power of the Divine nature to have retained it. Nay, why may it not be said by the same reason, of all the sufferings inflicted upon him by men, that they did but endeavour to afflict him, but they did not afflict him, since all the evils that men inflicted upon him were inflicted according to his consent, and in the time and manner as was written, Luk. 22.37. Act. 3.18. This reasoning too much favoureth Socinians and other hereticks, who deny the sufferings of Christ to be real, affirming them only to be Metaphoricall.