Afmi•ll uccm:l~ on con~ ut8:ionis necdlelfe. · JSam.:z.. 6. Chrifls ofthe [reede. Defcenfion. vnbeleefe of hiscnemies : but thts IS llatrea- ·bumd,muft not be vnderfrood ofany ord•~aChri!llhcwes himfclfe there to~onuincethc 1 A 1 tides. For rhefewords,roa.cmcified,dead,.<ml g 1 infl: reafon. For when a man is iu!Hy conry dearh,but ofacurfed death,.in which Chrill demned b.y God, and therefore fufficiently fuffered the full wrath of God,euen the pangs conuiCted what ncede the iudge himfelfe ofhell bethin foule and body: feeing then this come to the place of execution to conuict expofitionis aontained i:n th~ former words,it him?· And it is fllt aP.ainll the text ; For the cannot fuly lbuidwith the order of.this !hort preaching that is fpoken ofhere,is.thar which Creed. vnldle there !houldbee adillinel arriis performed by menin the minillerie ofthe cle ofthings repeated before. word,asPettr expoundes himfi:lfe,t Per-4-6. [ . But let vscome to the fourth expo!icion, To thu pHrpofc wruthe Gofpdlalfo preach<d 7/IJto ; He cJ#er:Jedmtohell,that 1s,w~enhewas dead thedead,thar th!J migh; bee condemneda"ording I and burtcd,hee was held captrue '!' the graue, to mm in theflejb,thatthey mightlineaccording to · and laymbondage viKkr death torthe fpace Godin the Spirit.Lallly,there is no reafon why I of three dayes. Th1s e~oGuon alfo may. be Chrill !hould rather proach and !hew himgathered forth oftheScnptures.S,Pm~f.uth, felfcin hell to them that were difobedient in Godbath raij<dhimvp (fpeakmg ofChri!l:)and Al'l the daiesofNoe, than to the reftofrhedaned. B loifedthe formves ofdeath, becaufeit WMvnpoffi- ·•· '+ And this is the firft expo!ition ,' rh~ fecood b/e that he,4routdbe hotdm of". Wherewe may followes:Heedij<mdedinto He/l,:hatis,Chri!f I fee that berweenethe dear~ & refiirrechonof defcended into the graue,or was boned. Thts , C~nll, there ts placeda thud matter, which expofition is agreeable to the truth, yet is it is nor mentioned in any claufe ofthe Apo!lles nocmceteor conuenient. For the claufe next Creede, faue in this ; and that is his bondage before,hewa< b.ried,conraincd this poin:: and vndcr dearh,which commeth in bctweene his rhcrfore ifrhe next words followingyceld the death and rifing againe. And rh< words themfame fence,theremu!l bea vaine and needlc{fe -felues doe moll fitly beare this fence, as the repetition of one and the fame thing twice, fpeech of Jacob !heweth, I willgoe ·J.wne into G<n, l?· which is not in any wife to bee allowed info *hellvntomyformemourning.And rhisexpofiri- ,.. !hort a Creedeas this,Jfit be C.id, that thefc on doth al!o bell agree with the order ofthe • Or the words are an expofirion ofthe former,the anCreed: firfr,he wascrucified and died;fi:cond- g""'· fwer is, that then they !hould bee more plairie ly,he was boried;rhirdly,laid in the graue,and then the former. For when one fentence exwasrherein held incaptiuity and bondage vnpounderh an other, the latter mufr alwaies be der death. And rhefethreedegrees ofChrifrs the plainer:butofrhefe two fentences, Hew.u 0 humiliation, are moll fidy correfpondem to buried, hud,ifcended into hell, the tirfr i< very I the three degree~ofhis exaltation. The firfl: plaine and eafie, but the latter very obfcure degreeofexaltation,herofoagaimtherhird.Wy, and hard, and therefore it can be no expofrri· , .anfwerin~ to the firll degreeofhis humiliation thereof: and for this caufothis expo!ition on hedied, the fecond degreeofhis exaltation, neirh_er isrobe receiued. . . he afcen~d into hea~ten, anfivering to going Thirdly , others there be whtch expound Jt downe mro the graue,waoburiedc and thirdly, .thus:He difCendedint• hell,that is,Chcifr Iefus, hufitting at the right handofGod (which is the when hee wasdying vpou the crofle, fdt and highefr degree ofhis exaitarion)anfweriug to iillfer<d the pangs ofhell and the full wrath of the lowefl: degree of humiliation, bee deftmGod feazingvponbis foule. Thisexpo!ition dedinro lteB. Thefe two !aft expo!itions are harh hiswarrant in Gods word,wherehellofcommonly receiued, and we may indifferent· ten fignifiesthe forrowesand paines ofhell,as ly make choik:ofeirher:butthe la!t(as I rake Hanna in her fong vnto the Lord faith, The it) is moll; agreeable to the order and words Lordk/_lleth·andmak!tha'iue,,h< brjngerhd•wn to ofthe Creede. hellt~ndra!feth'vr, that is, he ma"es men feele Thus much for the meaning of the words: woe& mlfene 111 the!t loules, euen the pangs D now follow the vfes. And fir![ of all Chrifts ofhell, and after reltorcth them:· And 'Danid difcendmg into hell, teacherh euery one of vs, [urh,Theforrot•:sofdwh·compaffed~ee,andthe that proteife the name ofChrift, that ifit !hall terrDI<rsofhe/lta.dhoidon mee. Tins1s an •foall pleafe God to afflict vs, either in body or in exp.o!ition rece1ued ofrh~Church,.and·they mind,or in both, though it bee in moftgriowhtch expound this Arucle thus, gme t~is uious and tedious manner , yet mufr wee not reafon thereof.The former words,ll'a<cmcifithinke it llra~ge.FoeifChrift vponthe croik ed, deadandbur~td, doeCOI~rame(fay they)the not onely fuftered the pangs of hell, bur afourward fuffenngs of Chnll: now bec.ufe he ter hewas dead,deJth takes him, & as it were fttffered noron:ly outwardly in body, but alfo carries him into his dcn,or cabbin, and there tnwardlv mfoule, therfore thefewords.IJ<def triumpheth ouerhim, holding him in caoticmdcd intoiJel,doefetforth Vl\tO VS his i<>Ward Uityandbotmage, and yet tor all this was he futf;rings in fotlic, whe he felt vpon the croffi: the Sonne ofGod' and therefore when Gods the f~1ll wr.tth ofGod.vpon.him. Thisexpofi. hand is heauy vponvsany way, we are nor to t1011 ~s g~::>J and cruc:,and w~o.rocuer Will may defpa1rc,bmrathcr tlunke 1t1s the good plearecemc It. Yetneumhek!le It feemes not fo fure of GO [}m frame and taOtionvs, dm fitlvro :1grec Wlth the ord~r ofthe brmcr arwee may btcom~ like vm:o Chr~ft lefus as ----~-----------------------------------------------~od ___
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