A89732:856
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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The whole Law of Moses was a school-master to lead us unto Christ, the moral Law leads us unto Christ by an accidental direction of it self, it shuts souls up into the prison of sin, that it may condemn; it is by accident that being shut up, we seek after righteousness and life by faith in Jesus Christ: the ceremonial Law led unto Christ by direct signification, and its period of duration, the judicial Law led unto Christ by his distinction of the Jews from all other people, and by the the period of its duration.
The whole Law of Moses was a school-master to leade us unto Christ, the moral Law leades us unto Christ by an accidentall direction of it self, it shuts souls up into the prison of sin, that it may condemn; it is by accident that being shut up, we seek after righteousnesse and life by faith in Jesus Christ: the ceremonial Law led unto Christ by direct signification, and its period of duration, the judicial Law led unto Christ by his distinction of the Jews from all other people, and by the the period of its duration.
It follows by good consequence from this School-masterly ⟨p. 188⟩discipline of the Law, that God did never intend to justify any corrupt son of Adam by Legal obedience done by his own person; but that God did not intend to justify his Elect by our Saviours Legal obedience, followeth not at all from hence, except in the mistake of the Author of the Dialogue. Paul evidently enough concludes the direct contrary consequence,1 Gal. 3.24. those words the Law was added for transgressors till the seed should come, Gal. 3.19. are to be interpreted according hereunto in a limited not in an absolute sense.
It follows by good consequence from this School-masterly