So Leo, in one of his Sermons upon our Lords passion. sHe did undergo the laws of Hell by dying, but did dissolve them by rising again: and so did cut off the perpetuity of death, that of eternal he might make it temporal. So Irenaeus, having said, that our Lord gconversed three days where the dead were, addeth that ⟨p. 347⟩therein he hobserved the law of the dead, that he might be made the first begotten from the dead; staying until the third day in the lower parts of the earth, and afterward rising in his flesh. Then he draweth from thence this general conclusion. iSeeing our Lord went in the midst of the shadow of death, where the souls of the dead were, then afterward rose again corporally, and after his resurrection was assumed: it is manifest that the souls of his disciples also, for whose sake the Lord wrought these things, shall go to an invisible place appointed unto them by God, and there shall abide until the resurrection, waiting for the resurrection; and afterwards receiving their bodies, and rising again perfectly, that is to say corporally, even as our Lord did rise again, they shall so come unto the presence of God. For there is no disciple above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master. The like collection doth Tertullian make in his book of the Soul. kIf Christ being God, because he was also man, dying according to the Scriptures, and being buried according to the same, did here also satisfy the law, by performing the course of an humane death in Hell; neither did ascend into the higher parts of the heavens, before he descended into the lower parts of the earth, that he might there make the Patriarchs and Prophets partakers of himself: thou hast, both to believe that there is a region of Hell under the earth, and to push them with the elbow, who proudly enough do not think the souls of the faithful to be fit for Hell; servants above their Lord, and disciples above their Master, scorning perhaps to take the comfort of expecting ⟨p. 348⟩the resurrection in Abraham's bosom. And in the same book, speaking of the soul: lWhat is that, saith he, which is translated unto the infernal parts (or Hell) after the separation of the body? which is detained there, which is reserved unto the day of judgement, unto which Christ by dying did descend, to the souls of the Patriarchs, I think.
So Leo, in one of his Sermons upon our Lords passion. sHee did undergoe the lawes of Hell by dying, but did dissolve them by rising againe: and so did cut off the perpetuitie of death, that of eternall hee might make it temporall. So Irenaeus, having said, that our Lord gconversed three dayes where the dead were, addeth that ⟨p. 347⟩therein he hobserved the law of the dead, that hee might be made the first begotten from the dead; staying untill the third day in the lower parts of the earth, and afterward rising in his flesh. Then he draweth from thence this generall conclusion. iSeeing our Lord went in the midst of the shadow of death, vvhere the soules of the dead were, then afterward rose againe corporally, and after his resurrection was assumed: it is manifest that the soules of his disciples also, for whose sake the Lord wrought these things, shall goe to an invisible place appointed unto them by God, and there shall abide untill the resurrection, wayting for the resurrection; and afterwards receaving their bodies, and rising againe perfectly, that is to say corporally, even as our Lord did rise againe, they shall so come unto the presence of God. For there is no disciple above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master. The like collection doth Tertullian make in his booke of the Soule. kIf Christ being God, because he was also man, dying according to the Scriptures, and being buried according to the same, did heere also satisfie the law, by performing the course of an humane death in Hell; neyther did ascend into the higher parts of the heavens, before he descended into the lower parts of the earth, that he might there make the Patriarches and Prophets partakers of himselfe: thou hast, both to beleeve that there is a region of Hell under the earth, and to push them with the elbowe, who proudly enough doe not thinke the soules of the faithfull to be fit for Hell; servants above their Lord, and disciples above their Master, scorning perhaps to take the comfort of expecting ⟨p. 348⟩the resurrection in Abrahams bosome. And in the same booke, speaking of the soule: l
- sLeges inferni moriendo subijt, sed resurgendo dissolvit: & ita perpetuitatem mortis incîdit, ut eam de aeternâ faceret temporalem. Leo de passion. serm. 8.
- gNunc autem tribus diebus conversatus est ubi erant mortui. Irenaeus, lib. 5. cap. ult.
- hDominus legem mortuorū servavit, ut fieret primogenitus á mortuis, et commoratus usque ad te•tiā diē in inferioribus terrae, pòst deinde surgens in carne, ut etiā figuras clavorū ostenderet discipulis, sic ascendit ad patrem. Ibid.Dominus legem mortuorū servavit, ut fieret primogenitus á mortuis, et commoratus usque ad te•tiā diē in inferioribus terrae, pòst deinde surgens in carne, ut etiā figuras clavorū ostenderet discipulis, sic ascendit ad patrem. Ibid.
- iCùm enim Dominus in medio umbrae mortis abierit, ubi animae mortuorum erant, post deinde corporaliter resurrexit, & post resurrectionē assumptus est: manifestū est quia & discipulorum ejus, propter quos & haec operatus est Dominus, animae abibunt in invisibilem locum, definitū eis á Deo, & ibi usque ad resurrectionem commorabuntur, sustinentes resurrectionem; pòst recipients corpora & perfecté resu•gentes, hoc est corporaliter, quemadmodum & Dominus resurrexit, sic venient ad conspectum Dei. Nemo enim est discipulus super magistrum: perfectus autem omnis erit, sicut magister ejus. Ibid.Cùm enim Dominus in medio umbrae mortis abierit, ubi animae mortuorum erant, post deinde corporaliter resurrexit, & post resurrectionē assumptus est: manifestū est quia & discipulorum ejus, propter quos & haec operatus est Dominus, animae abibunt in invisibilem locum, definitū eis á Deo, & ibi usque ad resurrectionem commorabuntur, sustinentes resurrectionem; pòst recipientes corpora & perfecté resu•gentes, hoc est corporaliter, quemadmodum & Dominus resurrexit, sic venient ad conspectum Dei. Nemo enim est discipulus super magistrum: perfectus autem omnis erit, sicut magister ejus. Ibid.
- kTertullian de Animâ, cap. 55. vid. supr. pag. 270. ad liter. b.
- lQuid est illud quod ad inferna transfertur post divortium corporis, quod detinetur illic, quod in diem judicij reservatur, ad quod & Christus moriendo descendit, puto ad animas Patriarcharum. Jbid. cap. 7.
