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Reason 2. Secondly, He must be buried to fulfil the Types, and Prophesies that went before. His abode in the Grave was prefigured by Jonahs abode three days and nights in the belly of the Whale, Matth. 12.40. So must the Son of man be three days, and three nights in the heart of the earth. Yea, the Prophet had described the very manner of his funeral, and long before he was born foretold in what kind of Tomb his body should be laid, Isa. 53.9. He made his Grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death. Pointing by that expression at this Tomb of Joseph, who was a rich man, and the Scriptures cannot be broken.

Reason 2. Secondly, He must be buried to fulfill the Types, and Prophesies that went before. His abode in the Grave was prefigured by Ionahs abode three daies and nights in the belly of the Whale, Matth. 12.40. So must the Son of man be three daies, and threee nights in the heart of the earth. Yea, the Prophet had described the very manner of his funeral, and long before he was born foretold in what kind of Tomb his body should be laid, Isa. 53.9. He made his Grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death. Pointing by that expression at this Tomb of Ioseph, who was a rich man, and the Scriptures cannot be broken.

Reason 3. Thirdly, He must be buried to complete his humiliation; this being the lowest step he could possibly descend in his abased state. They have brought me to the dust of Death. Lower he could not be laid, and so low he must lay his blessed head; else he had not been humbled to the lowest.

Reason 3. Thirdly, He must be buried to compleat his humiliation; this being the lowest step he could possibly descend in his abased state. They have brought me to the dust of Death. Lower he could not be laid, and so low he must lay his blessed head; else he had not been humbled to the lowest.