A89732:917
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. The same is observed by all Orthodox Writers generally: The Margin telleth you the use thereof was for the avoiding (as of other errors, so) of those wherein Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned. Had you sufficiently weighed the use that Calvin makes of his observation in the words immediately following, viz. For it is marvellous how much the unskilful, yea, not utterly unlearned are cumbered with such forms of speech which they see spoken by Christ which do rather well agree with his Godhead then with his Manhood; because they consider not that they agree with his person wherein he is showed both God and man, and with the office of a Mediator, you might not only have spared this Citation, but also the very distinction it self.
Answ. The same is observed by all Orthodox Writers generally: The Margine telleth you the use thereof was for the avoiding (as of other errours, so) of those wherein Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned. Had you sufficiently weighed the use that Calvin makes of his observation in the words immediatly following, viz. For it is marvellous how much the unskilful, yea, not utterly unlearned are cumbred with such forms of speech which they see spoken by Christ which do rather well agree with his Godhead then with his Manhood; because they consider not that they agree with his person wherein he is shewed both God and man, and with the office of a Mediator, you might not only have spared this Citation, but also the very distinction it self.
Dialogu. It is absurd to affirm that all the acts of Christs obedience were Mediatory, because his person consisted of both natures; for then his natural Actions should be Mediatorial as well as any other; You may as well say, that all actions of the Son, and of the holy Ghost are the actions of the Father, because they are united into one Godhead, as say that the acts of Christs Legal obedience were Mediatorial, because his person consisted of two Natures.