Chrifrs dnExpojitioo Defcenfion. therefore vntoitthey muit bee futable. Now AIis norefarre~ion ofthe foule, but ofthe body the thiefc lteingthot Chri!t was firftofalcru• onely, as the foule can not bee faid to fall. but cified,. and therefore in all likelihood lhould the body. !twill be replied that the word...,, firll ofall die,make$ his requeit to thiselfetl:: cannot fign(fie the body, and the word :;, Lord,thoHjhaltJhmlyenterintothyki.ngdome,rethe graue.Anfwer,The firll word,fignifiesnot member me then; to which Chrills anfw<r(as onely the fpirituall partofman, the foule; but the very words it;'lport) is thus much: I lhall alfothe whole perfon, or the man himfelfe, enter into Paradife this day, and there lhalt Rom.q.I.x. Cor.I S·1A'• And the fecond is thou bee with me. Now tbercis no entrance; as well taken forthe graue, asfor hell; Apoc. butin regard of his foulc or manhood. For 20.14.»<~thtmd ""~re c.jl into tht lak£offirt. the·Godhead which is at all times in all plaN <>w weean not fay,that hell iscall into hell, ces, cannot bee faid properly to enter into a but the graue into hell. And the very fame place. Againe,when Chrill: faith, thDHJhaltb< word in thisrext, muit needeshauc this fenfe. with mein Par•dife, he doth intimate a refemFor '1'tter makes aR oppofitionbctweene the blance,which is betWeene the firll and fecond graue into whichDaAidis lhutvp,and thehell Adam. The fir!l Adam finn~d againfrGod, ourofwliich Chriftwasddiuered.v.29.JI· and was pr<fently cafr forth out of Paradife: B Againe,it will be faid,that in thisrextthere be ,Chrifr the fecond A dam hauing madea fatistwo difrina parts:the firfl:, ofthe foules comfaaion for finne, mufr immediatelyenterinto ming forth ofhell,in thelewords,Thouwiltnot Bdhr, Paradife. Now to fay that Chriit in fouledefle~uemyftuleinheN. Thefi:cond,ofthe bodies ~"Zft.de e<nded locally into hell, is to abolilh this arifing out ofth< graue,in the next words:Ne;.. dtf<<o. nalogie betweene the firfr and fecond Admn. therwiltth.,fo!fermyjltjhrofiecorruptioTI. dnf. Ill. Auncient Councels in their confdsions Itis nor lo F"r1\dh in this place fignifies nor an<il Creeds omitting this claufe, fuew, that the body alone, but the humane nature of they did not acknowledge any reall dtfcent, Cluill,as appearesverfe.JO· vnletTe wee fuall and that the true meaning of thofe words, he fay, that one and the fame word-in the tame ikfcetlded, was f•fliciently incloded in fome ot fentenceistaU:two waies.And the words ra• the former arricles,and that n:lay appeare, be· thcrcarriethis fence: Thou wilt not fulfer me caufe when they fet downe it, they omit fome to continue leng in the graue; oay which is ofthtformer:asAthanaft'" in his Creede formore, in the time of my continuance there, ting downe thofe words, he defcended, &<. othou wilt not fulfer me fo much as to feeleany bLib.dc mitstheburiall, purringthem borh for one.. corruption;becaufel am thy holy one. Jncu. he expounds himfelfe(b)elfewhete. Now l<t c Obief1./ll.x.Peter.J.I9·Chrijlwa~'f'i<~td Cb"· vs fee the reafons whichmay bee alltadgrdto inlirit,by the wbichJPirit he went andpr<<t<hed ~':i :;,t the contrary. t• theJPirirn•hich are inprifen.dnfw.Theplace Y ObuU.l. Matthoi •· 40. ThtS•nnufman is not tor this purpofe. For by i}irit is not jhafibecthree dayes andthree nightsin theearth, meant the foule of Chrilt, but hi<Godhead, that is,in heO .An[I.This expolitionis dirtawhich in the minifrery of ~' preached r<- ly againft the fcope ofthe place:for the Phari· pentance to the old world. And I thinkc that liesdefired tufie aftgne,thatis,fomc fcnfiblc& 'J'mr iR this place alludes to anotherplace in manifelt miracle: Ill herconto Chriit anfwers Gen,6.;. where the Lord faith, MyJiritJh•ll that hee will giue them rhe figse "f llnM, not ~lwaitsf/riuewithm•n,becatljehe isbxrfte(h. which cannot bee the defcent ofhis foule into And if the fpirit doe figoific the foule, then the place ofthe damned,becaufc it was infenChrifr was quickned either by his foule, or in fible;but rather his buriallt.md after it his mahis li:mlc. But neitheristrue.Forthefirll,itcan nifeltand glorious refurreaion.u. The heart not be faid , that Chrifr was quicltned by his of the earth may as well fignifie-thegr.ue, as foule, becaufe it did not ioyno it felfe to the the centcr ofthe earth. For rhus Tyr111 bordebody ; but the Godhead ioyned them both. In cordc l ring vpon the fca, is faid to be in the heArt of D Neithe; was hee quickned !" fouk: for his l ~m~m, ,theft•.ll I.This expofirion takes1tforgranted foule d1ed not.It could not d1e the fi~fr death, ;;~ ' that hell is feared in the middefr ofthe earth : which belongs to the ~dy: and 1t did notdie 1 whereas the Scnptures reueale vnto vs no the fecond death, which IS a totall feparauon more but this that hell isin the lower parts: fromGod: onely it fulfered the forrowes of but where rh.'fc!ower parts lhould be,noman the li:cond death, which is the appreher.fion is able to define. ofthe wrath ofGod; as a manmay feele tile Obie[/. ll. Aa.••J7. Thou wilt notleaH<"'J pangs of the firfr death, and yet not die the fitde in hell, neither wiltthoufojfer thy b.lyane to fir{\ death,but liue.Againe,it is rosoend that fiecorrxptien.Anf.Thefe words cannot prooue Chriits foule fhould goe to hell to preach, any loc.ll defcent of Chrifrs foule. For Perm confidering rhar it was neuer heard of that drift in allcadging of them is, to prooue the ?ne foaldhoulcl preach to another, efi>ec~ally refurrdhon, and he faith exprdfdy, thatthe mhell, where all are condemned, andm conwerds mull bcvnderfl:ood ofthe rdimecbon fcienceconuiaed oftheir iu!l damnation, and I of Chrilt.vcrf.3r .Hee'feingtht!befare,fldtof where there is no hope of repentance or rerile rejitrrtUionofChri} • Wnat? namely thcli: dcmption.It will be anfwered, that thts prcawords,hi<Jot~lcwaonotlrft in/Jell,&c.Now there ching isonely real! or expmmcnt,,ll, bc~1au~~ ·. Cmn
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