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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06348	A Godly and short treatise vpon the Lordes prayer, the xii articles of the Christian faith, and the Ten commaundementes.	Some, Robert, 1542-1609.	1580 (1580)	STC 16814.5; ESTC S2219	13,019	45

Christ was free from sin 1. Iohn cap. 3. ver 5. and therfore suffered not for his but for our sinnes Rom. chap. 4. ver 25. 2. Cor. chap. 5. ver 21. If any say that notwithstanding Christes death sin doth still remaine euen in the faithful 1. Iohn 1. ver 8. hee may bee answered that sinne doeth bite but not deuoure them The sheelde of faith may be wounded but it cannot be stricken through Was crucified The death of the crosse was most greeuous of al other deaths it was accursed by Gods owne mouth Deut. chap. 21 ver 23. Christ did abide the death of the crosse Philip. cap. 2. ver 8. He was made a curse to redeeme vs frō the curse of the lawe Galat. chap. 2. ver 13. so that wee may be now assured that Satans head is broken Gen. chap. 3. ver 15. and that the hande writing which was against vs is put out by Iesus Christe and fastened to his crosse Col. cap. 2. ver 14. Dead Gods iustice could not bee satisfied for our sinnes but by the death of the Sonne of GOD. Heb. cap. 2. ver 9.17 It was therfore necessary for vs that he shoulde dye the death If any meruaile why we dye when Christe hath dyed for vs they may bee aunswered that death is greeuous but not deadly too Gods Children that it dwelleth in them but hath not dominion ouer them and that they dye but doe passe by the deathe of the body as by a gate of eternall life 2. Cor. cap. 5. ver 1.2 Philip. cap. 1. ver 23. Seeing therfore that the losse of this short and transitory life is the high way and entraunce into Gods kingdome wee must not be afraide to dye when our louing God doth call vs vnlesse wee make greater account of earth then of heauen and of the company of men then of God and his Angels And buried Christe was buryed by an honorable Counsellour Ioseph of Aramathia who begged his body of Pilat Mark chap. 15. vers 43. His burial is mencioned too assure vs that hee dyed indeede He descended into Hel that is to say He suffered the torments of Hel and did abide the most bitter sorowes of death Acts. chap. 2. ver 24. As if hee had beene forsaken of GOD his father Matth. chap. 27. ver 46. All this was for our cause Esay chap. 63. ver 4.5 When wee are in great torment and griefe for our sinnes when we are euen at the brink of despayre then it will bee a notable sheelde to beare of all grieuous assaultes too remember that our Sauiour Christe went downe into Hell to deliuer vs from the torments thereof This lesson if it ●e surely learned and setled in our hartes wyll heale a wounded conscience wyll tayse vs vp from the gates of Hell and wil in our greatest distresse be very sweet ●nto vs. Christ did not discend into hell to fetch from thence the godly Patriarkes and other which died well before his comming in the flesh that is a wicked dreme and hath neyther grounde to stand on nor ●ight to shewe it by in Gods Booke for they were neuer there Ecclesiast chap. 12. ver 7. 1. Cor. chap. 10. ver 3.4 The thirde day he rose againe frō the dead Christes enimies did what they could to keepe him downe they laide a stone vpon his graue they sealed the stone they made the graue sure with a watch Mat. 27. ver 65.66 but al was in vaine for Christ rose the third day from death Math. chap. 28. ver 6.7 Christes resurrection was great losse vnto Satan it swalowed vp death and broke in peeces the bonds of the deuil Coll. cap 2. ver 15. It is gainfull too vs for therby we haue a sure pledge of our resurrection 1. Cor. cap. 15. ver 20.21.22 and are made partakers of the righteousnesse of Christ Rom. cap. 4. ver 25. He ascended into heauen Christs ascending into heauen is manifestly prooued in the Scriptures Mark cap. 16. ver 19 Act. cap. 1. ver 9. Heb. cap. ver 14. Hee ascended into heauē to prepare vs a place Iohn cap. 14. ver 2. and to pray continually for vs vnto God his father Rom. ca. 8. ver 34. Seing that Christ is our Atturney and pleadeth for vs we may go boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercy finde grace to helpe vs in time of neede Heb. cap. ver 16. If Christ be in heauen bodily as we are plainely taught in Gods booke by S. Peter by S. Paul Act. cap. 3. ver 21. Phil. chap. 3. ver 20. Heb. cap. 9. ver 24. Then he neither is nor can be bodily in many places at once It is true that Christe promised his Apostles in thē other that he would be with them vnto the ende of the worlde Mat. cap. 28. ver 20. But hee ment by the vertue of his spirite Ioh. cap. 14. ver 18. in which sense S. Paule sayth that Christ ascended aboue all heauens too fulfill all things Ephe. cap. 4. ver 10. And sitteth at the right hand of God the father almightie God is a spirit Ioh. cap. 4. ver 24. He hath neither hands eyes armes eares nor such like as some haue imagined I graunt the Scripture giueth eies armes eares c vnto God not that hee hath suche but to helpe our weakenes by such maner of speaches Christ is sayd to sit at the right hand of God because he is aboue all rule and power and might and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in the world to come Ephe. chap. 1. ver 21.22 Seeing that Iesus Christe is of so great power Gods children may assure them selues of a singular defence and the wicked maye reckon of a greeuous ouerthrow From thence shal he come to iudge the quicke and the dead Christ when hee was on the earth was most vniustly iudged but in the great day he shall sit in Iudgement and all the worlde shall appeare before his Maiestie 2. Cor. cap. 5. ver 10. none shall escape his iudgement Apoc. chap. 20. ver 12.13 Dead and lyuing shall come before his presence Acts. chap. 10. ver 42. 2. Timoth. cap. 4. ver 1. If any saye that death is the house of all fleshe Hebr. chap. 9. ver 27. And therefore that none shall bee aliue at Christes second and glorious appearance he may be answeared that as they which eyther haue already dyed or shall dye heereafter before the day of Iudgement haue and shall put of the Substaunce of theyr bodyes so they which shall bee aliue at that tyme shall put of not the Substaunce of theyr bodyes as the other haue but the Qualities of theyr bodyes which is no doubt a kinde of death and thus is the place of Saint Paule to be vnderstoode Wee shall not all sleepe but we shall all be chaunged 1. Corinth Chapter 15. verse 51. This day of Iudgement will bee a comfortable and ioyfull day to