A89732:98
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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Arg. 3 He that was the Surety of the Elect, was bound to pay their debt, and consequently to satisfy the Law for them:1 But Christ was the Surety of the Elect, Heb. 7.22. By so much was Jesus made a Surety of a better Covenant. Neither is the Argument at all infringed, by saying he is our Surety in regard of the Covenant of grace here called a better Covenant, but not in respect of the Covenant of works; for besides that the word better is not to be referred unto either Covenant it self, but to the manner of the dispensation of the Covenant of grace under the Gospel: we are to know that the Covenant of grace it self obligeth us to fulfil the Covenant of works in our Surety. Faith establisheth the Law, Rom. 3.31. We cannot fulfil the Covenant of works, or the righteousness of the Law in our Surety by believing, if it were ⟨p. 12⟩not a truth that he fulfilled the Covenant of works for us.
Arg. 3 He that was the Surety of the Elect, was bound to pay their debt, and consequently to satisfie the Law for them:1 But Christ was the Surety of the Elect, Heb. 7.22. By so much was Jesus made a Surety of a better Covenant. Neither is the Argument at all infringed, by saying he is our Surety in regard of the Covenant of grace here called a better Covenant, but not in respect of the Covenant of works; for besides that the word better is not to be referred unto either Covenant it self, but to the manner of the dispensation of the Covenant of grace under the Gospel: we are to know that the Covenant of grace it self obligeth us to fulfill the Covenant of works in our Surety. Faith establisheth the Law, Rom. 3.31. We cannot fulfill the Covenant of works, or the righteousness of the Law in our Surety by believing, if it were ⟨p. 12⟩