ofthe[reede. Buriall. z~' \ I pled into one llcfh by couen~?t of marriage, A ly that thefe words were .r.ot plac~d in. ~he i E,,rm.in though afterward_they ):>eed~ftant a thoufarul Creede at rho firft, or (as fume thmke)rnat · Collo'!o miles afunder. And by vertue of this_r~.latiQn they crept in by negligence,. bequfe aboue Chrifis euery foule in the day ofiudgementfhal be rethreefcore Creeds ofthemoft ancient.Coununited to his owne body, a,nd cuery body to. eels and Fathers want this claufe: and among his awne foule.Butthere isyet a mt>re ftreigh~ the rdhbeNicene Creede. But if t.he ancient bond berweene the OOdy and fonlc of ChriJl: & learned fathers aflembled in that Councell Damar. in his death and buriall,ft>r a$when hewas li,_ had bin perfwaded, o,r at the le,tft had imagining_, his 1foule wa.a meane o.r bondto vnit,e. ned that thefc words had bin fet downeat the his Godhead andhis body.tog~~hCP.-;.fo '\"PeR firft by the ApolHes,no doubt they would IX?' hce was dead his very Godhc;ad,was a rne.al\C : many wife h~tteleftthem out· Aud an aunci– or middle bond ta vniterhe bo. dy and fon!~' \' em wmer faith d1reeUy,thattb:fe words,He & to f•y otbcrwife, is to di!foluc the hypolla- 'difccntkdt)Jro he/!; are nor found I~ the C{ecde ticall vnion by vertue wher.ofChrifrs bodie ofthe Romone Clturch,oor vfcd m the Churand foule though feuered each from other,_ ches.ofthe Eaft, and ifthey be, that then they yet both were !till ioyned ro the Godhead9t,•l figmfie th.e buna)l ofChrill. And 1< mull not the Sonne. ·- .B feeme ftrange to any,that a word or rwaine iA The vfc and profit whi<h may be made of 1 proce!fe oftime fhould creepe intothe Creed, Chriftsburialisrwo-fold.I.Irferucthtowotk confidermg that the ongmall copies of the Rcffin expofit. fymb. in vs the burial! of all our finoes. Knowyenot·, bookes of the old and new teftament hauc in Rom.6., (faithPaul) thatall whohauc beenebaptiz.edint• them fundry (a) varieties ofreadings and (b) • v,;, {hrifl, ha~tebeenebaptiz.ed itltO PMdeath, 41ttiuc words othc:rwhlles, which trom the _mlrginc lcftiooe:s buriedwuh himbyb;:ptifmcinto pi< dMthl ffany haue crept into the text. Neuerrhele!feconfi- Mmh. fhall demand, how any maui,s_buried into the. dering that rj1isdaufe harh long continued in i?c~;:;ie deathofChrift,rhe anfwcrisrhis:Euery Chri• the Creede, and that by common con(ent of fo< z,_ 1\ian man and woman are by faith myftically theCatholike ChurchofGod,,anditmayc1- <had<. vnited vnro Chriil, and made all members of riea fir fenfe andexpoGtioti; it 1S not;as fome one body,. whereofChrift is the head. l:<ow would haudt,:t> be put forth. . th<refore as Chtift by the power ofhis GodThereforethat wee may come ro fpeake of head when he wasdead and Dll)"ied, did ouerthe meaning ofit; we muft know that it.hath comethe graue.and the power ofdeath in his foure vfuall expofirions, which wee will reowne perfon; !Oby thevery famepawer, by_ hearfein order, andrhenmake choice ofthat meanes of his fpici.ruall coniut\~il>tl doth hee C which fh,tU be thoughtthe litteft. The lirft is, worke in all his members afpiritual death and that Chrifts foule after. the pafsion vpon.the buriJl offinne and naturaU corruption. When cro!fe, did really and locally dcfc;end intorh~ the lfraelites were in'burying of a man, for place ofthe damned. Butthis feemes nottobe 'King. feare of the fouldiers of the Moabites, they true. The reafonsare thefc.LA.Il the Euange" 'l·"· ca!l him for hsll into the fepulchreof Elifha. lifts,andamongthe reil S. Luk!, intending to Now the dead man, fofoone as he wasdown, makean(c)txallnarrationofthelife anddeath ' Luk.•·l• and had touclled the body ofElijba, hee reuiofChrift, hath fer downe at large his pafsion, \ :rr?o~:,~; ued and ftood \1pon his feere:fo let a man that dcarh,boriall, refurrectioti,and afcenfion,and ;,.;:-.. is dead in finne beo caft into the graue of ivirhall they make rehearfall offmall circumChriiL that is, let him by faith bur touch !lances, therefore no d 0 ubt they would nor Chri(t dead& buried,.it will come to pafle by. haue omitted Chcifts local! dcfcenr ior6 the thevertue ofChrifts death and burial,that he place of the damned, if there had becne any fhall bee· railed from death and bondage of ft1ch thing. And the end why they penned this finnero beconaea new man., . . hiftory was, that we might bdeeuethat Icft:s Secondly, the buriallof Chrift feruesto be Chrift istheSonneofGod; and beleeuing,wc ;~~·'~• a fweete perfume ofall our graue~ & burials: D might haue life euerl.tfting., Now there could for the graue in it felfc is the houfe ofperditinot haue beene a greater maner for the conon, but Chrift by his buriall bath as it were firmation t>foud:tidlthen this, that Iefusrhc confccrared &perfumed all our graues:andin fonne of Mary who went downe ro the place If'-!1· '· ftead ofho"fesofperd.ition, hath fllade them ofrhe damned,rerurned thenceroliue in hapchambers Gfreft and!lcepe,yea beds ofdown: pine!fe foreuer. II. lfChrift did goeintorhe & therefore howfoeuer to the eye ofman the place ofthe damned, rhen either infouleor in beholding of a funerall is terrible,. yet ifwe bt>die, or in hisGbdhead. But his Godhead could then remember the buriall of C\uift, & could notdof<end,becaufe it is euerywhere,& confider how he rherby hathchang<:d the oahi• body was in the graue. AA<I asfor hisfoule ture~fthegraue, euenrhe~irwould make vs it went not to hell: but prefenrly after his to re10yce. Laftly wcmuft Imltate Chnfts budeath1t went to par.tdi(c,rhu is,the third hearhll in,beeing conrillUally occupied in the fpiucn,a placcofioy and happindle, Luk. 23 .4 3 • lltna\l ourulloft>ur fiuQ~S. Tlmday jh•lt thou beWith me'"P'eradift;which , Thus much ofthe butiall. Now followerh words ot Chnft muit b<< vnJerllood of hi• \>.v;'"'" the third andhi! degree ofChril\s hnmiliatimanhoqd or foule, and not of his Godhead. )ymb. jon:He deftmdcd into lrll. It fecmesv~ry 1i~cFor rhcy are an anfwer to ademaund: ar:d there-
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