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The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…
The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milk for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his son, Adoniram Bifield.The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as it affordeth both milke for babes, and strong meat for such as are at full age / by ... Nicholas Bifield ; ... now published ... by his sonne, Adoniram Bifield.
London: printed by G.M. for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1626
THE CREED. › Article 4 › Buried.THE CREEDE. › Article 4 › Buried.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. He was buried in a Garden: thereby having relation to the first Adam: for as our unrest began at the sin of the first Adam, so here in a Garden doth the second Adam come to rest, and so begins our spiritual rest. And withal to give us hope, that as from the sin of the first Adam we were cast out of the garden of pleasure, so by the suffering of the second Adam, who lay buried in a Garden, we might have a happy return to the heavenly Paradise. And as Christ was carried from the Cross to the garden of rest, so shall we be taken from the calamities of life, into heavenly rest.
2. He was buried in a Garden: thereby hauing relation to the first Adam: for as our vnrest began at the sinne of the first Adam, so here in a Garden doth the second Adam come to rest, and so begins our spirituall rest. And withall to giue vs hope, that as from the sinne of the first Adam we were cast out of the garden of pleasure, so by the suffering of the second Adam, who lay buried in a Garden, we might haue a happy returne to the heauenly Paradise. And as Christ was carried from the Crosse to the garden of rest, so shall we be taken from the calamities of life, into heauenly rest.
3. He was buried in a Sepulchre hewed out of a rock, that so his enemies might have no occasion to cavil, and say his Disciples stole him away by secret holes, or passages under ground: and withal to signify what the state of our natural hearts is, when Christ comes spiritually to rest in our souls, he must hew him a place out of the rocks, if he get room in our hearts.
3. He was buried in a Sepulchre hewed out of a rocke, that so his enemies might haue no occasion to cauill, and say his Disciples stole him away by secret holes, or passages vnder ground: and withall to signifie what the state of our naturall hearts is, when Christ comes spiritually to rest in our soules, hee must hew him a place out of the rocks, if he get roome in our hearts.