The Fountain of Life Opened

Secondly, As the union betwixt the body of Christ and the divine nature was not dissolved; when that body was laid in the Grave; so the union betwixt Christ and believers is not, cannot be dissolved when their bodies shall be laid in their Graves. It's true the natural union betwixt his soul and body was dissolved for a time, but the Hypostatical union was not dissolved, no, not for a moment. That body was the body of the Son of God when it was in the Sepulchre. In like manner, the natural union betwixt our souls and bodies is dissolved by death, but the mystical union betwixt us and Christ, yea betwixt our very dust and Christ, can never be dissolved.

Thirdly, As Christs body when it was in the Grave, did there rest in hope, and was assuredly a partaker of that hope. So it shall fare with the dead bodies of the Saints, when they lay them down also in the dust. My flesh also shall rest in hope, saith Christ, Psal. 16.9, 10, 11. In like manner, the Saints commit their bodies to the dust in hope. The righteous hath hope in his death, Pro. 14.32. And as Christs hope was not a vain hope, so neither shall their hope be in vain.

Fourthly, And lastly, Christs lying in the Grave before us, hath quite changed and altered the nature of the Grave. So that it is not what it was. It was once a part of the Curse, Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return, was a part of the threatening and curse for sin. The Grave had the nature and use of a prison, to keep the bodies of sinners against the great Assizes; and then deliver them up into the hands of a great and terrible ⟨p. 517⟩God. But now it's no prison, but a bed of rest. Yea, and a perfumed bed, where Christ lay before us. Which is a sweet consideration of the Grave indeed. They shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds,