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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.
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5. He was buried in a Sepulchre in which never man was laid, lest his adversaries should cavil, and say it was some other that was risen, or that he rose from the dead by virtue of touching some other corps: see 2 King. 13. 21.
5. He was buried in a Sepulchre in which neuer man was laid, lest his aduersaries should cauill, and say it was some other that was risen, or that he rose from the dead by vertue of touching some other corps: see 2 King. 13. 21.
6. He was buried in another mans Sepulchre, to signify that he died and was buried not for himself, but for other men: and that he might show that graves properly belong to us which have sinned, to warn us of our mortality. Joseph caused his sepulchre to be made in his garden of pleasure, that he might be thereby put in mind of his mortality in the middest of the delights of this life.
6. He was buried in another mans Sepulchre, to signifie that he died and was buried not for himselfe, but for other men: and that he might shew that graues properly belong to vs which haue sinned, to warne vs of our mortalitie. Ioseph caused his sepulchre to be made in his garden of pleasure, that he might be thereby put in minde of his mortalitie in the middest of the delights of this life.
The persons by whom Christ was buried, are diversly described; as by their names, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus; and by their worldly estate, they were Senators and rich men; and by their profession or religion, they were disciples, just men, such as waited for the kingdom of God: but yet all was done secretly for fear of the Jews, and by the authority they had to do it, viz. the consent of Pilate,