Cbri£l:s An Expo}ition B!-}riall. odours put rhere to. Befides all this , in the A Chri!l their head and king hath confecrated Iewesburialstherewasembalmingandwafhthis very dlate vnto the111. Secondly the :(·ll'm, ihgofthebody,butChrilhbodywasnot(•J tombe wherein Chrift was laid was ;new heoi.J. embalmed or wafhed, becaufe they h'd no tombewhereinneueranymanlaybefore.And f.~~:, to time to doeit,for the preparationofthe Pa!leIt was the fpecial appointmentofGods prouibedeouctdrcwneare. Andwhereasthefetwomen deocethatitfhould bcfo, becauf<ifanyman <eiued,ln burie Chrill at their owne coll .1nd charges, had beene buried there aforetime, the malitith"ho we are taught ro bee like aftC:Cl:cd to the liuing ous !eweswould haue pleaded.that itwas not ~h:ifis members ofChrill' when they want we muft Chrifrthat rofe again,bur fomc other. Thirdburi>lfor relecue and comfort them liberally and freely, we mu{\ obferue,that this tombe was ina !oh.rp. hisemly. Itmayherebecdemanded, whether men garden, asthefallofmanwasinagardtnand 1 ,, b,lming, may not be at cell inmaking funerals, confias the apprehen(ion ofChri!l ina garden be- Gen.J.S, d~t.~;~ dering euen Chri!l himfdfeis with much coO: yond thebrooke Cedron. And here we mu!l loh.•i,,. ding into buried. A•[w. The bodiesofalldead menare note the pral'lif< ofa good 111an : this garden hcl, for to be buried in feemely and hodefi manner,& was the place ofJifeph: deli~ht and holy rehis bum! ifthey bee honourable, they may bee buried B creation,wherein hevf<d to folace himk:lfe in or lying honourably : yet now there in no c.ufe why beholding thegood creatures ofGod: yet in in the mens bodi<sfhould be wafhed,annoinred,aad the fame place doth heen1ake his owne graue gtauc. embalmed 1 as the vfe was among the lewd: long before hedied:whercby itappeares,that for they vfed embalmingas a pledge and figne hiS r<cr<ation was ioyned with a meditation of the rdnrreClion; but now fmce Chri!ls ofbisond: and his ebmple mull be followed 1 .cor,,, comming wee haue a more ~ertaine pledge ofvs. Trueiris, Godhathgiuenvshis crca- ,,. theroof, euen the refurrel'lion ofChrifi himtures not ondy for necefsiry, butalfo for our feJfc, and therefore it is norrequi!lte that we lawfull delight; butyet our dutie is,to mingle fhould vfeembalming& wafhit1g as the !ewes therewith ferious meditationand confideratidid. And the d aufe which is fpecified in Saint on ofour la!lend.Itisa brutilh parr to vfe the Vll•tthm is nor to bee omitted , that lifeph blefsingsand creatures ofGod, and not a't all M.,,, 7 , wrapped Chrifis body inA deantlinnen<k•th: to b<e be;tered in regard ofour !all:end by a fll' wherby we learne,rhathowfoeuertheftra~ge further vfe thereof. fafhions fetcht from Spaine& Italy are mon- .The time when Ctfrifi was buried was the !lrous and ro beabhorred,yet,feeingthe body cuening,wherein the Sabbathmsto begin acofa man isrhecreature of God , thereforcit C cordiogto the mannerofthe Iewes,whichb<· muft be arraied in cleanlymanner , amHnh•fr gan their daies at S•nne fetting-from euening T' cemtlinejfo. Paul requires that tlleminifierof toeo~ning, accordingtoth.uinGenefis: th, "·'·J· the Gotpell in all thmgs bee feemely orcomeeumi•t•mlthe momingwM..the 'firft day. Now 1 T' . ly: andhercinheoughttobeapatrerneoffolifeph commeth a little before eueniog and La!i.>J, ,· •m.,. brietie vnro all men. Thirdly,afrerrhey haue beggech the body of Chri!l, and burierhit: l!o ~~u;r. wound the body of Chrill , they Wy it in a where note,that howfoeuer weare not bouod ~.t·,;1. Ion.••· tombc, and Ja!lly, they mal<£ itfore, ckjing it'l!p to keepe the Sabbath fofiritlly as the Iewes i:~t. 17, with 4 fto!IC rolle~oHtrtbe mol!th ofit. Alfo.rhe werc:,yet when we haue any Bufinesorworke 6o 66 , !ewes rcquefiPIIat< roft•imrhatnone m1ght to bedone of our ordinarycallmg, we mu!l ' prefume to open ir:belides rhey fet a band of nottake a part ofthe Lords Sabbath ro doe it (ouldiers to watch thetombe, and to kcepe it in, but pre•enr the time, and doe ir either be· that his body be not fiollen away. Many reafore, as lifephd!d, or rather afterrhe Sabfons might be alleagded of this thei5 dealin~;, '~ bars.T~is is little praCl:ifed in the World.Men' but pnncipally It came to paffe by the proUJthrnke,Jfthey goeto Churchbeforeandafterdence oiL.od, that hereby he might contirme noone toheareGods word,then al the day afthe refurreCl:ion of Chri!l. For whereas the D ter they may dowhatthey lift, and fpend the !ewes would nolthet bee moo•ed by his dore{\ ofthe timcattheir owne pleafure:bot the Clrine, nor by his workes and miracles to bewhole day is the Lords,and therefore mull be· leeuc, he cauf<th this to bee done, that by the fpent wholly in his f<ruice, both by publike cenaintie ofhis refurrettion, hee might conhearingofthe word, and alfobypriuaterea· uince them ofhardne!fe of he>rt, and prouc ding and c1editation oo the fame. thathe was rheSenne ofGod. To conclude the doClrinc of Chrifls hurlThus much of the matmer of his buriall. all. Here it may be demanded,howhe wasalNow tollGwesthe place where Chri!l was buwaies after his incarnationborhGodand man; ried. In the ~laceweare to mark three things: confideringthat he was dead and buried, and Fir!l, tlm Chri!l was laid in lifephs rombe, therefore bodyand foulewere fundred, and a whereby wee may gather the greatneffe of deadmanfcemestobenoman.Anfl!'.Adead Chrlfts poucnie, in that he had not fo much man in his kinde is as tru~ aman ::!Sa liuiflg ground as to make himfdfe a graue in : and man: for though body and fonle be not vnirhis mu!l bee a comfort to rbe members of ted by the b6doflife,yet are they vr.ited bya Chriii rhat are in poucrric. And it reacheth relation which tbe one hath to the other in them, if they haueno more but food and raythe counfell and good pleafure ofGod; and onem,to be th~rt'with content, knowing that t thatas truly as man and woman rcmaine cou. -- pled
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