XVII. XIX. And hence divine justice must be declared, even in the Christ sustained the wrath of God from the beginning to And that in order to reconcile sinners to God to the counsel of God and Christ, for the elect only XXI. XXII. Reasons for Pilate's being mentioned in the Creed XXIII. His supreme power in Judea several things of great moment From the sufferings of Christ, we learn our misery XXVIII. XXIX. XXV. XXVI. II. III.V. VI. The Cross of Christ is the foundation of all Religion from those in common use The history of the discovery of the cross by Helena Which, by many arguments, is shown to be fabulous Crucifixion was preceded, 1. By beating Which was done cruelly to Christ 2. By the bearing of the cross To which he, in like manner, submitted From which also Christ was not exempted The mode of crucifixion various Our Lord was crucified, probably, in the most usual form XXVIII. XXXVI. The punishment of the cross was justly deemed the highest XXXI. It was accursed by God himself The death of Christ on the cross, was indeed holy and Yet cursed XXXV. plated, as full of mysteries, in which we have thc deep- est concern of his clothes, were predicted and prefigured of old XXXVII. David and Zechariah prophesied of the crucifixion XXXVIII. The reading of 1789 in Psalm xxii. 17. defended The guarding, revilings, and death, were also foretold and All things, in short, happened to Christ, according to the XLVI. Scourging was exceedingly grievous to Christ XLVII. XLVIII. And his expulsion from the city, bearing the cross And his being stripped of his garments But above all, the punishment of the cross itself And what immediately succeeded it, -Guarding It is not without a spiritual sympathy, that we should We should turn all our grief and anger against sin The crucifixion of Christ, in its several parts, is a spring burial of Christ was conducted by wealthy and honour- 1.- Vi. VII. VIII. IX. The dead body of Jesus was wrapped in clean linen, as an expression of respect mus, either for embalming, or for burning pious to the hope of the resurrection The form of the Jewish sepulchres Why the sepulchre allotted to Christ was the property of Very near the place of crucifixion The burial of Christ was foretold, Psalm xxü. 15. Christ's suspension on the tree, is not his burial with the The type of Jonah ation commonly received seems preferable to the learn- XXVI. --XXIX. days in the great fish XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXX. XXXI.--XXXIII. V. That Christ descended into Hell, is nowhere expressly. af- Nor in the most ancient Creeds silent with respect to the burial; nor was it without SECT. cients may have understood, as what they ought to have understood, by this expression IX-XII. But it relates also to the soul Not as if Christ descended locally, either into the place of the damned, or into an imaginary Limbus XIV. XVII. sorrows, which, previously to death, he sustained in his XVIII.--XX. The agony of Christ was inexpressibly grievous He conducted himself, however, in every respect most ho- lily, remaining altogether without sin XXXV.-XXXIX. XXI. XXII. from its parts XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXX.XXXIV. XL. XLI. The two states of the Messiah, the one of Humiliation, the other of Exaltation, ought to be distinctly considered 1.-IV. The subject of the Exaltation is Christ; properly accord- ing to the human nature, and improperly according to His exaltation has various steps IX. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. SECT. The glory of Christ's body after the resurrection was great, even on earth, yet not consummate as it is now in The raising of Jesus is a work common to the whole Yet for- certain reasons, it is more frequently ascribed In the raising of Christ, there is a demonstration of his Observations on the time of the resurrection Remarkable circumstances in the manner of his rising The certainty of Christ's resurrection is confirmed ; Jewish people, or even to the rulers XXVII. is alive It is manifest, that none of these things were artfully devised by the Apostles Nor does the truth suffer from several seeming contra- dictions with regard to circumstances The resurrection of Christ was necessary 1. That the prophecies might be accomplished xxxIII. ---XXXVII. 2. That the types might be fulfilled In the prophecies and types, not only the resurrection, but the time of it, was foretold and prefigured 3. Because the glory of the Father, and of the Son, equally required the resurrection of Christ XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII.XLV. |