A89732:901
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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That Law which faith in Christ a Saviour establisheth, that Law Christ as God-man Mediator establisheth; but the Law of works is that Law which faith in Christ a Saviour establisheth, Rom. 3.2. therefore the Law of works was established, and consequently obeyed by Christ as God-man Mediator: for the establishing of the Law includes Legal obedience.
That Law which faith in Christ a Saviour establisheth, that Law Christ as God-man Mediator establisheth; but the Law of works is that Law which faith in Christ a Saviour establisheth, Rom. 3.2. therefore the Law of works was established, and consequently obeyed by Christ as God-man Mediator: for the establishing of the Law includes Legall obedience.
He who as God-man Mediator is the perfecting end (i.e. is he, in whom the Law hath its perfecting end) of the Law, performed obedience to the Law: but Christ i.e. God-man Mediator, as such, is the perfecting end of the Law (so is the plain and acknowledged sense of the Greek word) Rom. 10.4. therefore Christ as God-man Mediator performed obedience to the Law.