A89732:988
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. Because in the ensuing prosecution of the heads of Arguments here propounded, the Dialogue makes frequent mention of Mediatorial sacrifice and atonement, in the right understanding of which expressions according to the mind of the Scripture lieth the truth, and in the differing understanding thereof lieth the controversy, both parties agreeing unto the being of Mediatorly sacrifice and atonement; but disagreeing concerning the nature of them. Let the Reader here once for all, being reminded keep in mind what the Orthodox, and what the Dialogue understands by Mediatorly obedience, and the fathers atonement, or that so often as the phrases do occur in the next following ⟨p. 217⟩pages, he may neither be at a loss, nor deceived by these dark and equivocal terms of the Dialogue, but being informed beforehand of both our meanings thereby, pass on with more ease, and judge accordingly.
Answ. Because in the ensuing prosecution of the heads of Arguments here propounded, the Dialogue makes frequent mention of Mediatorial sacrifice and atonement, in the right understanding of which expressions according to the minde of the Scripture lieth the truth, and in the differing understanding thereof lieth the controversie, both parties agreeing unto the being of Mediatorly sacrifice and atonement; but disagreeing concerning the nature of them. Let the Reader here once for all, being reminded keep in minde what the Orthodox, and what the Dialogue understands by Mediatorly obedience, and the fathers atonement, or that so often as the phrases do occurre in the next following ⟨p. 217⟩pages, he may neither be at a losse, nor deceived by these dark and equivocal terms of the Dialogue, but being informed beforehand of both our meanings thereby, passe on with more ease, and judge accordingly.
Mediatorial obedience according to the Dialogue are certain actions performed by Christ not in way of obedience unto the Moral Law, but by him as God-man, and especially after thirty years of age, the master-piece whereof was his yielding himself to suffer a bodily death.