Divers sermons of Master John Calvin, concerning the divinity, humanity, and nativity of our…Diuers sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, concerning the diuinitie, humanitie, and natiuitie of our…

Notwithstanding, it is against me they fight, and whensoever they contemn and refuse my word after this manner: it is as if they wounded me with the stab of a dagger: and so shall they see him whom they had pierced. But this was truly accomplished in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, for they pierced him in his mortal body. And thus we see how he was manifested to be the living God, who was in all ages spoken of by his Prophets, since we see that whatsoever was spoken, was accomplished in his person. Now, it is afterward said, that when Joseph had obtained of Pilate to take away the body of Jesus from the Cross, to bury him, that he took a clean linen sheet, and bought sweet ointments also (which as S. John sayeth,¹ cost a great sum of money) of Myrrh and Aloes, and buried him in a new Tomb, which he had new made and heawen out of a rock. In this Sepulchre or Tomb, our Lord Jesus Christ first began to show the issue of his death: which was, that he should very speedily glorify himself in his resurrection, and it was the will of God eftsoons to manifest it. And here we see an infallible testimony, that amongest so many confusions which we read in this history, that might trouble us, and as it were shake our Faith, we may perceive that God had always care of his only Son, as of the head of his Church, and of his well beloved: not to the end only that we should trust in him, but that we should also by little & little look unto it, that since we are the members of his body, that the Fatherly care of God will stretch it self not only unto us, but also to every one else which trust in him. But by the way, this question might be asked, why our Lord Jesus would be so sumptuously buried. For it should seem, that it was a superfluous thing, to use the costliness of Aloes & Myrrh, and such like. And to say the trueth, what profiteth this a dead man, to be washed, and anointed, or to have any other glorious show.

Notwithstanding, it is against mée they fight, and whensoeuer they contemne and refuse my word after this maner: it is as if they wounded me with the stabbe of a dagger: and so shal they sée him whō they had persed. But this was truely accomplished in the person of our Lord Iesus Christ, for they persed him in his mortal body. And thus we sée how he was manifested to be ye liuing God, who was in all ages spoken of by his Prophetes, since we sée that whatsoeuer was spoken, was accomplished in his person. Now, it is afterward said, that when Ioseph had obteined of Pilate to take away the bodie of Iesus from the Crosse, to bury him, that he tooke a cleane linnen shéete, and bought swéete ointments also (which as S. Iohn saieth,