These words (who was crucified) in a Catechism, ask in what nature Christ suffered, and whether or no Christ God & man in regard of communion of properties may be said to suffer. Who did suffer? Now he should answer the Lord of life in his humane nature. But passing the answer touching ⟨p. 190⟩all personal and material sufferings of Christ, which is a special and fundamental article of our faith, and ought not to be omitted in a Catechism, he cometh to a moral suffering of the body of sin by influence of Christs death on our souls; now first and primarily Christ himself was nailed to the Cross as a sacrifice, for our sins (this is omitted by Beacon) secondarily as a fruit of his death, the Old-man is crucified with him, Rom. 6. but not as Beacon means, that the Old-man is ceased, and we sin no more being once justified, as if the Old-man were perfectly crucified, as he answereth. And it is true, that Christs dying teacheth us to die to sin, and so Christs death is spiritually to be expon•d, where the scripture expoundeth it, as Rom. 6.1, 2, 3, and 1 Pet. 1.23, 24. and else where. But that is no ground for Papists, Antinomians and Familists to take away all the truth of histories touching Christ his incarnation, death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at the right hand of God, redeeming of the world, heaven, and hell, and to subvert our faith and change all in spiritual and allegorical senses under pretence of a spiritual Gospel-preaching, we cannot then by the learning of these Jugglers expone the story of the drowning of the world by waters, but of allegorical men, allegorical drowning, not literally. For if we expone the stories of the Scripture literally, Familists say we are literal expounders and know nothing of the spirit and spiritual learning.
These words (who was crucified) in a Catechisme, aske in what nature Christ suffered, and whether or no Christ God & man in regard of communion of properties may be said to suffer. Who did suffer? Now he should answer the Lord of life in his humane nature. But passing the answer touching ⟨p. 190⟩all personall and materiall sufferings of Christ, which is a speciall and fundamentall article of our faith, and ought not to be omitted in a Catechisme, he cometh to a morall suffering of the body of sin by influence of Christs death on our soules; now first and primarily Christ himselfe was nailed to the Crosse as a sacrifice, for our sinnes (this is omitted by Beacon) secondarily as a fruit of his death, the Old-man is crucified with him, Rom. 6. but not as Beacon means, that the Old-man is ceased, and we sin no more being once justified, as if the Old-man were perfectly crucified, as he answereth. And it is true, that Christs dying teacheth us to die to sinne, and so Christs death is spiritually to be expon•d, where the scripture exponeth it, as Rom. 6.1, 2, 3, and 1 Pet. 1.23, 24. and else where. But that is no ground for Papists, Antinomians and Familists to take away all the truth of histories touching Christ his incarnation, death, resurrection, ascension, sitting at the right hand of God, redeeming of the world, heaven, and hell, and to subvert our faith and change all in spirituall and allegoricall senses under pretence of a spirituall Gospel-preaching, we cannot then by the learning of these Jugglers expone the story of the drowning of the world by waters, but of allegoricall men, allegoricall drowning, not literally. For if we expone the stories of the Scripture literally, Familists say we are literall expositers and know nothing of the spirit and spirituall learning.
