〈◊〉 with Suidas are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad misericordiam propensi such as are very prone to mercy And in Phavorinus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Qui non rogatus bona sua largitur citra invidiam Who bestows his goods unaskt without grudging 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Theocritus saith of Menalcas So that Good is a complex word that hath several meanings it signifieth Courteous or kind merciful or liberal and such is a friend in all respects and for such a friend perhaps some would dare to die as some rare examples tell us or perhaps Good may be taken here as personally good to such a man and such a one is properly a friend Let a man be never so just or righteous there 's none will lay down his life for him but for such a one as hath been good to me as my friend hath been perhaps for such a one I shall dare to die and farther reacheth not the love of man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. No man hath Greater love then this that he lay down his life for his friend Joh. c. 15. v. 13. But God commendeth his love to us in that while we were yet sinners that is enemies Christ died for us This is the love which exceedeth knowledge Eph. c. 3. v. 19. V. 12 13 14. c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In most Interpreters you have in this place an Anantopodoton that is a deficiency in the reddition of the sense a sicut without a sic which ought by all means to be avoided if without violence to the Text it possibly may Nor can I assent to those who to prevent the inconvenience of an Anantopodosis would have the 18 and 19 verses answer to the 12. which seems to me too constrainedly forc't I rather approve their judgments who Translate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by a frequent Metathesis ita quoque so also as the Old Latin Interpreter of Chrysostom the Syriack and Arabick read or etiam ita even so by which version there is no wrong either to the construction or the sense but all is whole taking 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 only in the redditive and not in the copulative sense as it is in the Lords prayer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ut in coelo etiam in terra 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Propterea sicut per unum hominem peccatum in mundum introiit per peccatum mors etiam ita mors in omnes homines pertransiit eo quòd omnes peccaverunt Therefore as by one man sin entred into the world and by sin death even so death passeth upon all men for that all have sinned For until the Law that is before the Law sin was in the world That sin was in the world before the Law seems to be the main thing that the Apostle here laboureth to prove that he might meet with the tacite or implied objection of those who probably did deny that all men were sinners and the enemies of God as he had before affirmed v. 8. and therefore did Sophistically argue that Christ died not for all because sin is the transgression of the Law but they which had no Law could not transgress that which they had not for the Law was from Moses Joh. c. 1. v. 17. To meet therefore with their objection he useth this argument As by one man sin entred into the world and by sin death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For this very reason Even so is death passed upon all men for that all have sinned none excepted So that it appears most certainly true that from the fall of Adam to the Law given by Moses for he speaks of no other Law throughout the whole Epistle sin was in the world But it is farther objected that sin is not imputed where there is no Law for the Law worketh wrath c. 4. v. 5. To which he gives no other answer but an implicit one the same in effect which he gave before Immo for so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I conceive is to be rendred here Regnavit mors ab Adam c. Yea death reigned from Adam to Moses therefore was sin not only in the world before the Law but also imputed before the Law Their dying was an argument not only that they had sinned but that also their sin was imputed for the wages of sin is death and therefore because death hath passed on all men it s necessarily determined that all have sinned and so become obnoxious to the punishment of death even they who had not sinned after the similitude of Adams transgression for death reigned on very Infants who sinned not actually as Adam did 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who is the type of man to come to wit of all mankind For Adam did in his person represent all the Race of men which were to spring from his loyns And in this regard and sense Adam seems to me most fitly to be stiled in this place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The type of man which is to come I acknowledge all Interpreters elder and later understand Christ to be him that was to come but I see no cogency in the Text to bind my Faith to that interpretation but rather arguments to disswade it For truly if we speak in a proper sense Adam cannot be said to be the type of Christ For a type is the express Image or Figure of the thing it represents 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 respondet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ut sigillo cera the type answereth to the antitype as the wax unto the seal It is absolutely necessary that the type of that which is good be good it self and the type of that which is evil must be evil otherwise it cannot be a type It is the sence of Chrysostom in his Comment on the Epistle to the Hebrews c. 9. v. 23. Neither is there any will say that Adam is a true and proper type of Christ but that he is so only per antithesim or analogiam by opposition of contraries or proportion or by some intricate distinction such as is that of Origen's Juxta genus constare similitudinem juxta speciem repugnantiam esse That there is a similitude as to the Genus a repugnancy as to the species Whereas Adam is properly truly and significantly I may add aptly and appositly to this place said to be the type of his off-spring which was to come from his loins and which he did so virtually represent in his person as that by his sin they all became obnoxious to sin and death And from these words thus expounded is formed as strong an argument for Original sin as from any Text of Scripture Neither do I seem to be altogether without witness I have the Aethiopick Version or Paraphrase for me The words whereof in Latin are these Veruntamen dominata est mors propterea ab Adamo usque ad Mosem tam in
iis qui peccaverunt quem in iis qui non peccaverunt per illud peccatum Adami eo quod unusquisque in similitudine Adami creatus est quia Adamus typus fuit illius qui erat venturus Nevertheless death reigned therefore from Adam to Moses as well in those that sinned as also in those that sinned not by that sin of Adam because that every one is born in the likeness of Adam and because Adam was the type of him that was to come From which words I could make no other construction but that he plainly means that death did reign over all by the sin of Adam for these two causes because every one was born in the likeness of Adam and because Adam was the type of him who was to come Both which reasons seem to me one and the same the one being a reddition or explication only of the other it being all one to say that Adam was a type of his Posterity and that Adam's Posterity was born in his likeness But to say that death reigned over all by the sin of Adam because Adam was the type of Christ is surely an inconsequent argument Whereas to affirm that death reigned over all by the sin of Adam because Adam was a type that represented all his Posterity methinks answers fitly to the place and is very easie for the lowest capacity at first sight to apprehend C. 6. v. 4. Christ is said to be raised from the dead 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By the glory of the Father as it is commonly rendred Beza would have it In gloriam Patris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being put for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For the glory of the Father The Translation either way is harsh Why may it not be much better rendred by a familiar trajection Per Patrem gloriae By the Father of glory which is significant and apt as he is elsewhere called Dominus gloriae and Deus gloriae The Lord of glory and the God of glory And so is he expresly called Eph. c. 1. v. 17. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pater gloriae The Father of glory C 7. v. 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death Or as it is in our margin from this body of death And why not O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the death of this body that is thus captivated under the Law of sin which is in its members v. 23. And so the sense without any Metaphor is plain and sutable to the scope of the place There being nothing more familiar then such trajections Examples whereof you may see Heb. c. 7. v. 4. Jam. c. 2. v. 1. c. 3. v. 3. 1 Pet. c. 3. v. 21. 2 Pet. c. 1. v. 19. You have one in the margin of this very place V. 25. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These words are to be supplied out of the former whereto they are a perfect answer The Apostles trembling question was Who shall deliver me from the death of this body that is such a slave to sin to which he forthwith answers I thank God he will deliver me through Jesus Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being to be understood as a reddition to the question C. 8. v. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. I cannot see how there can be construction here but by a Metathesis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Eo enim quod impotentia legis debilis erat propter carnem Deus filium suum mittens c. For in that the weakness of the Law was impotent because of the flesh God sending his own Son c. C. 9. v. 10 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. To reconcile the sense and construction of these words wherein there hath been so much labour you must understand the verb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 before the participle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by an Hebraism or Graecism frequent in every Page almost in Holy Writ Whereof see note on Mar. c. 12. v. 40. Promissionis enim verbum hoc est secundum tempus hoc veniam erit Sarae filius non solum vero sed Rebecca ex altero erat gravida ex Isaac patre nostro nondum enim natis c. Dictum est ei major serviet minori For this is the word of promise At this time I will come and Sara shall have a son and not only so but Rebecca also by another was with child by our Father Isaac For the children being not yet born c. It was said unto her The elder shall serve the younger As much as to say that Rebecca was with child also by another word of promise 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 relating to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I conceive to be a more proper phrase then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 For if a man be said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Numb c. 5. v. 20. then is it rightly said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rebecca retinuit semen patris nostri Isaac that is concepit she was with child by her Father Isaac So that there was not such necessity for the learned Beza to pronounce so positively Est itaque depravatus hic locus a quopiam Graecae linguae prorsus ignaro This place is depraved by some person ignorant of the Greek tongue When as so easie and frequent a remedy is at hand 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 According to this time are the words of the LXX whom Paul it seems did follow and they questionless read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 instead of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and so rendred it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this time for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the time of life accoding as it is Gen. c. 18. v. 10. and 14. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Secundum or circa tempus vitae At or about the time of life I will return unto thee And I suspect it is not rightly read in the Hebrew it self Gen. c. 17. v. 21. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at this time which should have been rather written conformably with the other places relating to this story 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 at the time of life As for the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in our sense it is abundantly familiar The LXX use it for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 altero another Gen. c. 43. v. 13. Psal 108. v. 14. You shall find it likewise in the same sence 1 Cor. c. 4. v. 6. and in Dioscor and Greg. Nazian take but the pains to look in Steph. Thes V. 22. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Here is no necessity for Anantopodosis the coherence of the place is plain and ready distinguish but the words aright Nay but O man who art thou that repliest against God if God being willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known hath endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction The intervenient words Shall the thing
act unless the inward thing be applied by Faith to wit the remission or doing away of sin Affirmatively and positively that it is the stipulation or promise of a good conscience toward God by the virtue of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ And I conceive this sense concerning Baptism to be most consonant and agreeable to the Judgment of the Fathers who if they notwithstanding did apply Baptism to that other notion of washing they did it accidently and by the by because of the Allegorical allusion of the element of water to the bloud of Christ which is said to cleanse us from our sins 1 Joh. c. 1. v. 7. But more surely there is in this word of Baptism according to Athanasius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a deeper mystery then that of washing a mystery known and common to the very Heathen as their frequent lustrations do sufficiently witness But as concerning the Resurrection of the body it was a thing to them unknown and incredible if not altogether imperceptible nay some of the Jews themselves did not believe it It was the speech of one of their great Philosophers Seneca by name Hora illa decretoria non est animo suprema sed corpori The determinate hour of death is not the last to the soul but to the body It was no small matter to reach the immortality of the Soul the top of their knowledge but of the Resurrection of the body Philosophers scarce ever dreamed of Mornaeus tells us of Zoroastres who is of some reported to have held this opinion Quod animae immortales sunt quod corporum Resurrectio universalis futura That Souls are immortal and that there shall be a universal Resurrection of bodies But this but à plerisque profertur many say so but no certainty thereof And Lactantius tells us of Chrysippus who had an imperfect notion of it the summ whereof was this That after death within some period of time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we should be restored into the same form wherein we now are But who knows whether he meant the same Numerical body or whether by this same form he mean not the Soul as the rest of the Philosophers did or whether he meant not rather the Pythagorean Metempsychosis But this I say was a greater mystery then that Allegorical washing of the Soul by which it s said to be cleansed by the bloud of Christ The notion of Resurrection was far higher the very life and mystery of Christian Religion as Zonaras calls it It is indeed the stupendious mystery of mysteries wherein to believe consists the foundation of eternal happiness That Christ the Mediatour should become 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 God and man to be declared man in that he died and to be declared God in that he rose again from the dead Rom. c. 1. v. 4. This I say again was a mystery beyond all Philosophical Speculation and therefore there was need of some significant type or figure which might make so impenetrable a notion familiar and perceptable to the sense of man to which purpose nothing seemed more fit and easie in the wisdom of God then the burying of our bodies in water by Baptism from whence they receive an immediate Resurrection So that in conclusion we may positively affirm that Baptism is properly and solely a type of the Resurrection And to this truth do give their suffrage The Apostles Fathers Schoolmen allmost all Interpreters Ancient and Modern and even our English Church it self its Judgment being manifest in the Rubrick of the Common Prayer which injoyns the dipping of Infants in Baptism allowing only in some cases the liberty of sprinkling or perfusion The thing of it self is so manifest that there is no need of Testimonies to confirm it but because there be not few who teach otherwise led thereunto by example and vulgar errour it will not be amiss if but to free my self from the imputation of too much confidence out of innumerable Testimonies to cite some few And we first begin from the Apostle Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Know ye not that so many as were Baptised into Jesus Christ were Baptised into his death Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father of Glory even so we also should walk in newness of life c. Rom. c. 6. v. 3 4. c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Being buried with him in Baptism wherein you are also risen with him through Faith of the working of God who hath raised him from the dead Col. c. 2. v. 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Else what shall they do who are Baptised for dead bodies if the dead rise not 1 Cor. c. 15. v. 29. As much as if he had said In vain doth the Church use the sign of Baptism if there be no Resurrection You have it abundantly proved also in the Primitive and later Writers For example That believing on his death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By his Baptism ye may be made partakers of his Resurrection Ignat. Ep. ad Trall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Baptism was given to set forth the death of the Lord Ep. ad Philadel in the name of Ignatius The death of Christ Const Apost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In Baptism we perform the signs of his Passion and Resurrection Just Mar. We know one saving Baptism since there is but one death for the world and one Resurrection 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whereof Baptism is the type c. Basil Mag. Hear what St Paul saith They were all Baptised in the cloud and in the sea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He calleth their passage through the sea Baptism for it was an escape from death c. Basil Seleuc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 When we go about to Baptize we bid to say I believe in the Resurrection of the dead and in this Faith are we Baptized Chrysost Baptismus Resurrectionis pignus imago Baptism is a pledge and figure of the Resurrection Ambr. Baptismus arrhabo Resurrectionis Baptism is an earnest of the Resurrection Lactant. Aquarum elemento sepelimur We are buried in the element of water Anselm Mersio mortis sepulturae formam gerit Immersion bears the form of death and burial Bernard Laudabilius tutius communius c. Baptism is performed more laudably more safely and more commonly by dipping for by dipping the figure of Christ his burial is represented Tho. Aquin. Ipsum Baptizandi verbum mergere significat c. The word Baptism doth signifie dipping under the water and it is evident the Ancient Church used the Ceremony of dipping Calv. Baptismus Graeca vox est c. Baptism is a Greek word and signifies properly immersion into the water and this signification doth properly agree with our Baptism and hath Analogy to the thing signified for by Baptism we are buried together and as it were drowned with Christ being dead to sin