A89732:932
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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Whatsoever Righteousness the Law required unto Justification, Christ performed.1 But the Law required inherent righteousness from the first moment of our conception, and not only active obedience. Therefore it was necessary that Christ who fulfilled the Law should be inherently righteous from the first moment of his conception.
Whatsoever Righteousnesse the Law required unto Justification, Christ performed.1 But the Law required inherent righteousnesse from the first moment of our conception, and not onely active obedience. Therefore it was necessary that Christ who fullfilled the Law should be inherently righteous from the first moment of his conception.
- 1Polan. de conceptione Christi.
The Dialogue it self acknowledgeth some Mediatorly acts before thirty years of age, viz, many Mediatorly prayers, and his incarnation, though incarnation is not a Mediatorly or office-act, but an act constituting the person called to that office. If that his meaning be of public actions of a Mediator: Our Question is not, Whether there were any public Mediatorly acts of Christ before his Baptism, but whether his Legal obedience was Mediatorly obedience?
The Dialogue it self acknowledgeth some Mediatorly acts before thirty years of age, viz, many Mediatorly prayers, and his incarnation, though incarnation is not a Mediatorly or office-act, but an act constituting the person called to that office. If that his meaning be of publike actions of a Mediator: Our Question is not, Whether there were any publike Mediatorly acts of Christ before his Baptism, but whether his Legal obedience was Mediatorly obedience?