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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.
And further, in that Joseph doth not take the dead body down, and bury it without leave of the Magistrate, it serves to teach men, that they should do all things with due ⟨p. 439⟩respect, not only of the warrant of the action, but of all circumstances belonging to it: especially great respect should be had to authority, that by rash zeal the power of Magistrates be not provoked against us.
And further, in that Ioseph doth not take the dead body downe, and burie it without leaue of the Magistrate, it serues to teach men, that they should doe all things with due ⟨p. 439⟩respect, not only of the warrant of the action, but of all circumstances belonging to it: especially great respect should be had to authoritie, that by rash zeale the power of Magistrates be not prouoked against vs.
Thus of the third point.
The manner of the burial contains divers things: First, they did it hastily towards the evening, because of the preparation of the Jews for the Sabbath, Joh. 19. ult. Secondly, they did it openly. Thirdly, they did it with great cost, for Joseph brought fine linen to wrap it in, and Nicodemus brought a mixture of Myrrh and Aloes to the quantity of about an hundred pound weight, Joh. 19. 39. Mark. 15. 46. but it was done without washing or embalming. Lastly, it is noted it was done after the manner of the Jews burial.