XIII. XIV. XVII.XIX. And hence divine justice must be declared, even in the remission of sin 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 His supreme power in Judea several things of great moment From the sufferings of Christ, we learn our misery XXVIII. XXIX. XXV. XXVI. 1. II. III. V. VI. On the Crucifixion and Death of Christ. 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 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- XXXVI. of his clothes, were predicted and prefigured of old XXXVII. David and Zechariah prophesied of the crucifixion XXXVIII. The reading of 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 meditate on these sufferings LXV.-LXXIII. LXXIV. LXXV. LA-LAI. Pages 117–136. It is profitable for our instruction, to consider that the burial of Christ was conducted by wealthy and honour- 1.VI. VII. VIII. IX. Sect. an expression of respect mus, either for embalming, or for burning pious to the hope of the resurrection XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. another Hewn out of a rock New In a garden Very near the place of crucifixion The burial of Christ was foretold, Psalm xxii. 15. Psalm xvi. 9, 10. Isaiah lüü. 9. Christ's suspension on the tree, is not his burial with the wicked The type of Jonah Jonah's great fish is not a Whale, but rather a Sea-dog ation commonly received seems preferable to the learn- ed refinements of eminent men days in the great fish XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI.-XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXIII. DISSERTATION XVIII. IV. On Christ's Descent into Hell. Pages 137–165. That Christ descended into Hell, is nowhere expressly af- firmed in Scripture Nor in the most ancient Creeds silent with respect to the burial; nor was it without VIII. We should not so much inquire, what some of the an- cients may have understood, as what they ought to have understood, by this expression IX.XII. XIII. 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 Nor is there any thing culpable in his prayers The practical uses of this doctrine. 1. For awakening 3. For information XXIX. XLV. Pages 166-197. I.-IV. The two states of the Messiah, the one of Humilialion, the other of Exaltation, ought to be distinctly considered The subject of the Exaltation is Christ; properly accord- ing to the human nature, and improperly according to the Divine His exaltation has various steps The Resurrection of Christ is the great foundation of faith Its nature explained VI. VII. VIII. IX. 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 XVIII. XXI. Remarkable circumstances in the manner of his rising The certainty of Christ's resurrection is confirmed ; 1. By the evidence of the thing itself 2. By the testimony of the Angels Jewish people, or even to the rulers 4. By the appearances of the saints, who were raised up with Christ 5. By many wonderful events, which testify that Christ 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 XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. |