and therefore it is not requifite that wc fhould vfe embalming and wafliino- a*
the lewes did. And the claufe which is fpecified in Saint Matthew isnotto be.
isiath.17.5i>. omitted jthat lofeph wrapped Chrifts bodie in a cleane hnnen cloath : whercbf
we learne , that howfoeuer the ftrange falliions fetcht fiom Spainc and Italic
Tit.j.;. are monftrous and to be abhorred : yet, feeing the bodie of a man is the crea^
xoJutf'. *^^^ of God, therefore it muft be araied in cleanly manner, and in ho/^ comelk
ioh.15,,41. nes. Paul requires that the minifter of the Gofpel in all things be feemely ot
Mnth.i7.1J0, comelyrand herein he ought to be a pvitterne of fbbrietie vnto all men. Thud»-
ly,after they haue wound the bodie of Chrif t,they lay it in a tombe, and laftlf
triey make it (ure, clofing it vp with a ftone rolled ouer the mouth of it. A\C^
the lewes requeft Pilate to feale it that none might prefumeto open it : be*-
fides,tb.ey fet a band of fouldiours to watch the tombe, and to keepe it that his
bodie be notftollen away.IMany reafons might be alleadged ofihis their dea-
ling, but principally it came to paffe by the prouidence of God , that hereby
he might confirme the re(urre(n:ion of Chrift. For whereas the lewes would
neither be mooued by his doflrine nor by his works and miracles to beleeue,
he caufeth this to be done , that by the ceitentie of his refiirrcftion he mi^ht
conuince them of hardnefle of heart, and prooue that he was the fonneof
X3od.
' Thus much ofthemanner of his buriall. Now followes the place where
Chrift was buried. In the place we are tomarke three things: firft,that Chrift
was laid in lofcphs tombe , whereby we may gather the greatnes of Chrifk
pouertie , in that he had not fo much ground as to make himfelfe a graue in-:
•and this muft be a comfort to the members of Chrift that are in poUertit.
And It tcacheth them , if they haue no more but food and raiment, to be there-
with content, knowing that Chrift their head and king hath confecrated this .
very eftate vnto them. Secondly , the tombe wherein Chrift ^vaslaide was a
new tombe wherein neuer any man lay before. And it was the fpeciall ap-
pointment of Gods prouidence that it lliould be fo, becaufe if any man had
bin buried there aforetime , the malitious lewes would haue pleaded , that it
Was not Chrift that rofc againe but fome other.Thirdly we muft obferue,that
this tombe was in a garden, as the fal of man was in a garden, and as the apprc-
henfion of Chrift in a garden beyond thebrooke Cedron. And here we muft
note the praf^ife of a good man . This garden was the place of lofephs de-
light and holy recreation, wherein he vfed to folace himfelfe in beholding the
good creatures of God ; yet in the fame place doth he make his owne ^rauc
long before he died: whereby it appeares,that his recreation was ioyned with
a meditation of his ende:and his example muft be followed of vs. True it is ,
€xo^ hath 2;iuen vs his creatures not onelv forjieceflitie >but alfo for our -law-
full
eftheCreede, Ch rifts turiall. 371
Bill c?e1ighf,l)Ut yet owrdutie is, to mingle therewith ferious meditation and
confideration ot our lafi: end. It is a bruiiih part to vfc the bleffings and crea-
tures ofGod,and not at all to be bettered in regard of our laft endbyafiir- ,
ther vfe thereof.
The time when Chrifl: was buried was the cuening , wherein the Sabbath
was to begin according to the mannerof the lewes , which began their daies
atfunncfettingfrom eueningtoeuenmg according to that in Gcncfis : ^^^ ^- luv^v*;
neniftg and the mornwg rvoi the firfl ^^^.Nowe lofeph commeth a little before Mad1.a7.if;
€ueningandbeggeth the body of Chrifl and buricth it:whercnote,thathoW"
focucr we are not bounde to kecpe the fabbath (b ftriftly as the lewes were,
vet when we haue any bufines or worke to be done of our ordinarie calling,
wee muft not take a part of the Lords (abbath to doe it in , but preuent the
timc,and doe it cither before as lofeph did, or rather after the fabbath. This
is little praclifed in the worlde . Men thjnke if they goe to Church before
and after noone to hearc Gods worde,thcn all the day after they may doc
what they lift,and(pendthereIl:ofthe time at their owne pleafure: but the
whole day i s the Lords,and therefore mud be (pent wholly in his feruice both
by publike hearing oftheword,andalfo by priuate reading and meditatiori
on the (ame.
To conclude the do(flrine ofChriftsburiall.Here it may bee demanded,
fiowe he was al waies after his incarnation both God and manjConfiderin j^ he
was dead and buried,and therfore bodic and foule were fundered, and a ^za^
man feemes to be no man, <>-/«/ A dead man in his kind is as true a man as a
liuing man;for though bodie and foule be not vnited bv the bond of life , yet
are they vnited by a relation which the one hadi to the cdier in the"(foun(cIl &
good pleafure of god'jand that as truely as man and woman remaine con pled
JHto one flefh by a couenant of marriage,though afterward they be diflant a
thoufand miles afunder. And by vertue of this relation euery foule in the day
ofiudgcmentlhall be reunited to hisownbodie,and euerie bodie to hi> own
foule. But there is yet a moreftraighter bond betweene thebodre and foule
ofChriil: in his death and burial!. For as when he was liuing his foule was a ^^
meane or bond to vnite his godhead and his bodie togithci:fo when hec was
dead his verie Godhead was a meane or middle bonde to vnite the bodie and
foule : and to (ay otherwile is to didolue the hypodaticall vnion, by vertue
whereof Chrifts bodie and foule though feuered each from other, yet both
were (bll ioyncd to the godhead of the fonne.
The vfe and profit which may be made of Chrifts buriall is twofolde: I. It
ferueth to worke in vs the buriail of all our finnes. Kmrve ye not ("faith Paul)
that allrvho hanebeeMe i^tiptiz^dif^to Chrifl Joat^e heene bafti^edinto his death, C^ Fonsj.igt,
are iftriedwith him by baptifme into his death ? Ifany fliall demaund ho we any
man is buried into the denth ofChrifljthe anfwere is this : Euery Cliriflian
man and woman are by fiith myftically vnited vnto Chrifr, and made all
members of one bodie,whcreof Chrifl is the head.Nowc therefore as Chrift
by the power of his godhead when hee was dead and buried , did ouercome
the graue & the power of death in his own perfon:fo bv the very Gme pow-
«rby raeanesof hisfpirituall coniunftion dothhe worke inall his members
Bb I aipi"
\yi CIi rills dercenf! on. AH'BxfoJItiBn _
s.King.j.n. ^ roirituall death and buriall offinne andnaturall comfptlon. WRen tf^elfra-
elites 'A-erc inburjing of a man , for feare of the (bul.diours ofthe Moabitcsi,
tliey call liim for halt into the fepulchre of Eliflia. Nowe the dead man ,(b
fooneashee was downe,and had touched the bodie of Ehfha,hee reui-
ued and ftood vpon his f eete : fo let a man that is dead in fmne bee caft into
the graue ofChriil,that is,let him by t^fith but touch Chiift dead and buried;
it will come to pafle by the vertue of Chrilts death and buriall that he fhall be
raifed from death and bondage of finne to become a ncvve man.
Secondly , the buriall of Chrifl: ferues to be a fwecte perfume of all our
graues and burials:for thegraue in it felfe is the houfe of perditionjbut Chnft
by his buriall hath asitvvere confecrated and perfumed all our graues.-and in
l»3,5>a . ftead ofhoufes ofperdition,hath made them chambers ofrcfland lleepe,yca
beds of do wne,and therefore howefoeuer to the eie of man the beholding of
a funerall is terrible,yet if wee coul
confider howe he thereby hath changed the nature ofthe graue, cucn then it
would make vs to reioice.La(Hy,wee mulHmitate Chrifts buriall in beeinw
continually occupied in the fpirituall buriall of our finnes.
Thus much of the burjali . Nowe foUoweth the third and lafl: degree of
p.vu-et.in Chrifts h\im\\mion:Hedefcendedwto helLli feeraes very likely thatthefe words
iymb.; ^ v\'er€ not placcd in the Cr^cde at the firlV, (or as (bme thinke) that they crepf
ira.mun oi- ^^^ |^^^ neghgence,becauffeaboue threefcore Creeds of themoft ancicm coun-
fels and tathcrs want this clauferand amongthe reft the Nicene Creede . But
if the auncient and learned fathers aflembled in that Counfell had bcene per-
fwadcd , or at the leaft had imagined that thefe words had bin fet down at the
firftbythe Apoftlcs, no doubt they would not in any wife haue left them-
Rnffinexpo.':. out. And an auncient writer faith direftly^thattliefe wordes,^^ ^
^^^^^' he!l,-ycQ, not found in the Creede ofthe Pvomane Chur dinner vfed in thechur-
ches ofthe Eaft: and if they be, that then they fignifie the buriall of Chrifl:..
And it mart not (eeme ft^raunge to any that a worde or twainein procefTe of
. J . time Oiouldcrcepe into the Creed, confidering that the originall copies oF
onezl the bookes ofthc olde and newteilament haue in them fundrie ^ varieties of
h^!ath^j7.2, readiJi^-sand ^ wordes otherwhiles which from the margine haue crept into
3Uchaiis. the text.NeucrthelelTe confidering that ihis daufehath long continued in the-
Creedepnd that bv common confent ofthe Cathohke Church ofGod, and
itmry carrieafitte fenfeandcxpofitionjitisnotasfome would haue it^tobec
put forth.
Therfore that we may come to fpeake ofthe meaning of it, we mufl: know
that it hath foure vfiiall expofttions,which we will rehear{e in order,and then.
make choice of that which (hall be thought to be the fitteft. The firflls^that
Chrifts foule after his paffion vpon the crolT'e,did really and locally dc/cend
into the place ofthe damned.Butthisfeemes not to be true. Thereafbnsare
the(e. I. all the Euan;E^€lifts,and among the reft S. Luke/ihtending to make
Luk.f.|. an *^ exaSi â– ,7arr.ition ofthe life and death of Chrift,haue kt downe at large his
.r;S'"^ ^''^*"D^jffion,death,buriai}, refurre(^ion,and afcenfion , and withall ihey niake re-
^a^tSm. hearfilloffmallcirciimflances, therefore no doubt they would not haue o-
siittedChviftiocall ddc^iUinto the place of the damnecljif there had bcenc
vfthe^reede, Chrifls (3e(ccnfion. 57 J .
any fucli tiling . And the ende why they penned this hi(loricwas,that wee
inight bclecue that lefusisChiHlthefonneofGod'jandbeleeuingjWeeniidit ' '*°**'
hauchfeeiierlaitmg.Nowethere could not haue beene a greater matter for
theconHrinationot our faith then this, that lefus the fonne of Marie who
went downe to the place of the damned, returned thence to liue in happines
foreuer. II. If Chrift did goe into the place of the damned,then either in
fbule or in bodie,or in his godhead. But his Godhead could not defcend, be-
caufe It is cuer)' vvhere.and his bodjc wasin the graue. And as for his (bule it
went not to hell , but prefently after his deathit went to paradife, that is^thc
thiid heauen,a place of ioy and happineffe,Luk:.2 5 .4 5 .This dayfjalt thou bee
tpuh mem Paradife: which vvordes ofChrifl: mufl: be vnderftoode of his man-
hood or foulc,and not of his Godhead. For they are an an{vvere to a demand:
and therefore vnto it,they muti be futable.Nowe the thiefe feemg that Chrift
was firft of all crucified,and therefore in all likelihood fhould firft of all die,
makes his requeft to this effed : Lord,thou fhalt iliortly enter into thy king -
dome,remember mc then; to which Chrifls anlwere (as the very wordes ini-
port)isthusmuch.I lliall enter into paradife this day,and there (halt thou bee
with me.Now there is no cntrance,but in regard of his (buleor manhood-For
tlic Godhead which is at all times in all places, cannot be (aid properly to en-
ter into a place. Againe when Chrift (d^ixh^thonjhalt he with we in ^aradife^\e,
The firft Adam finned againft God,and was prefently caft forth out ofpara-
dife. Chrift the (econd Adam hauing made a (atisfiidion fijr finne, muft im-
mediately enter into paradife.Nowe to (ay that Chrift in (bule de(cended lo-
cally into hell, is to abolifh this anolagie between the firft & fecond Ada. 1 1 1.
Auncient councels in their confeflionsand Creeds omitting this claufeihew,
that they did not acknowledge any reall defcent,3nd that the true meaning of
thefe words,6f ^^j'cf^^r^^, was fufficietly included in (bme of the former articles,
and that may appeare,becau(e when they fet downe it, they omit (bmcof the
former:as AthanafiusinhisCreede fetting downe i^\tkv^oxAs,he deCcended, ario.
<^c. omits the ^ar/^/Z, putting them both for one , as he cxpoundes himfelfe^^l^j*^^^***
* elfe wherCoNow let vs fee thereafbns which may be alleadgcd to the cotrarv.
ObieH. I. Matth. 1 2. 40. The fonne of man ftiall be three daies and three
nights in the heart of the cai th,that is,in hell. c^^/I.This expofition is dire-
£W\ againft the fcope of the place: for the Phanfes defiredtc (eeaJipieyX^ndii is,
fome fenfible and manifeft miraderand hereunto Chrift andvers tnat he will
giue dicra the fignc of lonas, which cannot be the defcent of his foule into the
place of the danedjbecaufe it was infenfible',but rather his buriall, and after it
hismanifeft and glorious refunecS^ion.I I.The heart ofth.eeaith may as well
(ignifiethe graue as the center of the earth . For thus Tyrns bordering vponE«ch.»7.4.
thefea,i?faidtobeinthehcartofthefea. TIL This expofinon takes itfor^."'^"''''^'»*''
grauntedthat hell is featcd in die middeft of the earth : whereas the fcriptures""*"* •
reueale vnto vs no morebut this,that he!' is in thelower parts:but where the(e
lower parts fhoulJ be, no man is able to define.
. Obioci. II. KO:,!.:^-]. Ihouyctlt not leaue my foule inhell^neitherrvih thou
Jiijferthj holjoneto/ee corrti^tion.iAnfive/. Thefe words canno: prooue any
i- . Bb 3 local!
J 74 Chrifts defcenfion. Ayi fxpojition
localUiefcent of Chrifts foule. For Peters drift in alleadging of them is, to-
prooue the refurreQ:ion,ancl he faith expreflyjthat the words muft be vnder-
rtood of the refurreftion of Chrift,verr ? i . Hee feeing this before f^ake of the
refurreclion ofChrifl. What ? namely thefe wordes, hui foule rx>a^ not left in hell,
C^f.Nowe there is no refurre(flion of the foule,but of the bodie onely , as the
foulecannotbefaidtofalljbutthebodie . It will berephedthat the vvorde
4y;;;^!i cannot fignifie the bodie,and the word a
worde fi '^niRes not onely the ipirituall part of a man, the foule; but alfo the
whole pel fon,or the man himfelfe, Rom. 1 5 . i . i .Cor. i 5 . 4 t . And the fecond
is as well taken for the graue,ns for hel.Apoc.2 0.i4.Deathand«£cr»' arc caft
into the lake of fire . No we wee can not fay,thathell is cafl: into hell, but the
o-raue into hell. And the very fame word in this text, muftncedes haue this^
ftnfe. For Peter makes an oppofition betweene the graue into which Dauhi
is l"hut vp,and the hell out of which Chrifl: was deliuered,verf 29. :? i . Againe
. it will be faid,that in this text there be two diOinft partes:the firfl of the fouley.
B8l[.ir.
^edeicea, fecod,of the bodies rifing out of the graue,in the next wordsineither vilt th«H
fiifer wyfle/h to fee corruptio. Ay fit is not fo-For flefh in this place fignifies not;
the bodie alone,but the humane nature of Chrifl-, as appeares verf 5 o. vn»
lelle we Hiall fav that one and the fame word in the fame fentence is taken two-
waies. And the words rather carrie this fenfe;Thou wilt not fufFer me to con-
tinue loner in the o-raue *, nay which is more , in the time of my continuance-
there,thou wilt not fuffer mc fo much as to feeleany corruptioi^becaufe I anr
thy holy one.
'ohieB. Ill, I . Pet. ^ 1 9 . Chrifl was ijmckened in fj>irit,hy the which fpiri^-
he went andpre^tched to the Spirits rr>hich are in prifon. ^^nfwere. The place is not'
for this pur pofe. Forbv fpirit is not meant the foule of Chrift.but his god-
head,which m the miniflerie of Noe preached repentance to the olde world;
And 1 thinke that Peter in this place alludes to another place in Gencfis 5. ^.
where the Lord faith, U^)" (pint Jhail not alvfdes flriue with ntan^hecaufe heis hut
ficjli. And if the fpirit doe (i2;nifie the foule, then Chrifl was quickned either
Bvhis foule or in his fouIe.But neither is true. Forthefirfl, it can not bee
faid.that Chrifl:' was quickened by hisfoule,becaufeit did not ioyne it felfe to
the bodie:but the godhead ioyned them both . Neither was he quickened in
foule:for his foule'died not. It'couM not die the Hi fl death , which belongs to-
the bodierand.it did not die the fecojid death.which is a total! feparation froni.
God:onelv it fuflferedthe forrowcs of the fecond death, which is the appre-
henfion of the wrath of God',as a man may feele the pangs of the firfl death,.
andyetnotdiethefirfldeathjButliue. Againe, it is to nocnde that Chrifts
foule fhould 2;oe to hell to preach, confTdering that it was neuer heard of?
thatone foule" Ihould preach to anotherefpccially in hell.where all are con-
demned, and in confcience conui6>ed of their iufi: damnation , and where-
there is no hope of repentance or redemption. It will be anfwered, thaf
irhis preaching is onely reall or expcMmcnta11,becnufe Chrifl flieweshim-
fclfe there to conuince the vnbeleefe of his enemies : but this is ffatte a-
gamll rsafoji. For whena snan is jul% condemned by God^and theVefore
^â– ' fumci*-
i
of the Creese, Chrifls <3efcenf!on, jyy
liifficicntly conui^cdrwhat neede the iud^c himfelfe come to the place of ex- After iuft ex»
ecution to conuirt him. And it is fiatagainlt the text. For the preaching that is ^'"'^' '°" j'"
l^oken of here , is tfiat which is performed by men in the minifterie of tht feJa ""** ^
Word,as Peter expounds himfelfe, i .Pet.4.6. To thi^pHrpofe wm the Gojpelalfi
freachedvnto the dead, that they might be condemned according to men intheflejh,
thint they rmght hue according to God in thejpirit. Laftly , there is no reafbn why
Chrifl: Oiould rather preach and fliew himfelfe in hell, to them that were dif-
obedient m the daies of Noe,then to the retl of the damned.
And this is the firfl: expofition , the fecond follows. He defcended into heU^
that is, Chrift defcended mto the grauc, or was buried. This expofition is a-
greeablc to the truth, yet isit not meete or conuenient. For the daufe nextbe-
foitjoe wA^ bftried, contained this point : and therefore if the next wordes fol-
lowing yceldc the fame fen{e,there mult be a vainc and needleile repetition of
^ne and the fame thing twi(c,which is not in any wife to be allowed in fo fhort
a Crcede as this. If it be (aid that thefe words arc an expofition of the formerj
the anfwer i-Sjthat then they fhould be more plaine then the formcr.For when
one fentence expoundeth an other, the latter muft alwaies be the plainer ; but
of thefe two fentences , He yeas buried, he defcended into hell , the fir ft is very
plaine and eafie , but the latter very ob(cure and hard, and therefore it can be
no expofition thereof: and for this caufe this expofition neither is to be re*
ceiued.
Thirdly,others there be whichcxpound it thus , He defended into hell, that
is,Chrift lefuSjU^en he was dying vpon the cro{rc,fclt and fiifFered the pangs
of hell and the fiill wrath of God feazing vpon his fouIe.This expofition hath
his warrant in Gods word, Vv'herc hell orten fignifies the forrowcs and paincs
of hell,as Hanna in herfongvnto the Lord faith , The Lord kiUeth andmak^th i.«am.2.^.
^ Alifie,he bringethdownetohellandr,nfeth vp, that is , he maketh men feelc woC
and miferiein their foulcs, euen thepangsofhell, and after reftor^th them.
And Dauid Cuth^ThefrroTves of death compajfedme^andtheterrours of hell laid pCaU^^»
hold on me. This is an vfuall expofition receiued of the Church, and they ^^/^.^v^»^^
, , which expound this article thus,giues this rcafon thereof: The former wordsJ^'t e
teas crMcified,dead,a?id buried, doe containe({av they)the outward (ufferino-s oP*'^*^ 1*^ *
Chrifl; : now becaufe hefuffered not onely outwardly in bodic, butalfo in- f^^ ^
wardly in {bule,theiefore thefe words,^
vshis inward fufferings infoule,vvhen he felt vpon the crofTe thcfull wrath of-^^^^ <^ff^'cl
receiue it. Yet neuertheleifeit feemes not fo fitly to agree with the order of the ^^*^^^je-
former articles.For thefe words,rp^w cructfied,dead, and buried,mu[i not be Vn- 1''^^- Ceifo]
dcrftood ofany ordinarie death,but of a curfed death in which Chrifl: fuffe- "^'^^ ^'
: red the fill wrathof God,cucn the pangs officii both in (buleand bodie : fee-
ing then this expofition is contained in the former words, it cannot fitly f^nd
wi^h the order of this fliort Creede,vnlefle there fhould be a diftinft article of
things repeated before.
But let vs come to the fourth expofition, He defcended into /;^//,that is,when
he was dead and buried, he was held captiue in the graue, and lay in bondage
Tndcr death &r the fpacc of three daies.This expofition alfo jnay be gathered
Bb 3 forth
57<^ Chrifts <5cfccnGon. AnBx^ojition
forth of the Scriptures.Saint Peter fiixh yGoel hat hrjffedJjim vp , (rpenking of
A&a44« Ghrifl:)^W loofedtheforrowes ofdetithyhc^ftfe if rrof vnpojfthU that ^jejhould hes
Jt", ' ; boldcn ofitJVJhcrc vvcc may fee, that betweeiie the death and rerurrei>ion of
iV**-^^ Chrilljthere is placed a third matter,\vhich is not mentioned in any claufe of
''< ' t^^he Apoftles Creede/aue in this> and that is his bondage vnder death,which
^ _ "tyommethinbetvveenchis death and rifingagaine.And the words themfelues
i..' >^*loe mollntlv beare this (enfeasthe fpeech of Jacob (heweth, Iwtllgoe downe
Gen.j7.5j/ into ^ hellvntomy fonnemottrmng. And this expofition dothalfo beftagree^
* «^jthigtauc ^,- j|^ ji^g order of the Creedevfirft he was crucified and died , fecondly he was
buried, thirdly laid in tlic graue,(5c was therein held in captiuitie and bondage
vnder death. And thefe three degrees of Chrifts hurailiati6,aremoft fitly cor-
jefpondent to the three do^'ees of his exaltation.Thc firft des;ree of exakati-
on.he rofe airaine the r^^W^-jrjanfwering to the firfl: degree of fus humiliation^
hedledihc fecond degree of his eKa\t2Ltiony.hee a/ce»ded into heauefty anfwering-
to his o-oing downe into the ^rauCytvasifHried : and thirdly his fitting at the
rio-ht hand of God.(which is tfce highcfl: depee of his exaltat'ion)anE\'ering
tothcloweftdcgreeofhishximiliation,Af -at/r^Wf^i/^ft^^f//. Thefe two laic
cxpofitions arc commonly receiued, and wee may indifferently make choice
of either:but the taft(as Itake it)is-nioft agreeable to the order and wordcs of
theCreede^.
Thus much for the meaning ofthe wordes. Nowefollowethevfes. And
firft of all Chrifts defcending into hell, teacheth euery one of vs that profefle
the name of Chpi{l:,that,if it fliall pleafe G od to afHi^ vs,either in bodic or in
mind.orin botli, though it be in moft grieuous and tedrous manner, yet muft
we not thii"^e it (fraunge.For if Chrift vpon the crofFe not onely (uffered the
pan^s of hell,but after he was dead,death takes him,and as it were carries him
intohis denne,or cabbin',and there triumpheth ouer him,holdinghim in cap- ^
tiuVtie and bondage,and yet for all this was he the fonne of G od: and therfore
when Gods hand isheauie vpon vs any way,weare not to defpaire,but rather
thirxlce it is the 2;ood pleafure of God to trame and falHon vs,that we may be-
«• came like vntoChrift lefus as good children of God . Dauid a man after
Godsowne heart was by Samuel annointed King ouer Ifrael, butwithall
God railed vp Saul toperfecute him , as the fowler hunteth the partridge in
the mountaine,in fo much that Dauid faid, there was but one f^cppe between
him and death. So hkewife Tob a iuft man and one thatfeared God with all
^tA-M.5^?. his hea?t,yet how heauily did God lay his hand vpon hira:his goods and cat-
tell were all taken away ,and his children flaine,ard his bodie ftricken by
Satan with loathfome bylies from the fole of his foote vnto the crowne
of his head:(t) as he was faine to takea potOieard and.fcrape himfelfe fitting a-
niongtheafhes.And lonah the feruant and Prophet ofthe moflhi^hGod,
when he was called t6 preach to Niniuie,becau(e he refufed for feare of that
2;reatcittie,Godmette with him,and hee mufl bee cafV into the fea,and there
be fwallowed vp of a Whale,that fo he might chaflice hini:and thus doth hce
«leak with his owne feruants^to make them conformable to Chrif^. And fur-
ther, when it pl'eafethGod^ to lay his hand vpon our foules, and make vshaue