The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

The second point is quickly opened: If any ask, What of Christ did rise? The answer is, That the body of Christ only did rise: his Deity could not, and the sold did not.

The second point is quickly opened: If any aske, What of Christ did rise? The answer is, That the body of Christ onely did rise: his Deity could not, and the sould did not.

For the time of the Resurrection, Christ did rise the third day, after the end of the Sabbath, on the first day of the week, about Sun rising: and concerning this answer divers things are to be considered of; First, it was necessary ⟨p. 456⟩Christ should not rise from the dead sooner or later, than the third day from his death and burial; for so it was foretold, Hos. 6. 2. He shall restore us to life after two days, (viz. the Messiah shall do it) and the third day he shall raise us up, (viz. in his own person, which was a pledge of our Resurrection) and we shall live in his sight. It is thought S. Paul had respect unto this place, when he said, He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Cor. 15. 4. and besides this was prefigured by the type Jonah the Prophet, as our Saviour himself showed in his life time, Mat. 12. 40. Thirdly, he could have risen as soon as he was buried, but he would not, lest the truth of his death should have been questioned; and beyond the third day he would not tarry, lest the faith of his Disciples should fail, and lest any should have cause to think that he brought not the same body was dead, but some other.

For the time of the Resurrection, Christ did rise the third day, after the end of the Sabbath, on the first day of the weeke, about Sunne rising: and concerning this answer diuers things are to be considered of; First, it was necessary