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confession_n that_o the_o word_n proper_o do_v signify_v the_o grave_n and_o indeed_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o root_n from_o whence_o sheol_n be_v derive_v which_o signify_v to_o crave_v or_o desire_v this_o desire_v word_n will_v more_o proper_o agree_v to_o the_o grave_n than_o to_o hell_n for_o that_o be_v more_o crave_v and_o unsatiable_a because_o more_o go_v to_o the_o grave_n both_o good_a and_o bad_a than_o to_o hell_n the_o place_n appoint_v for_o the_o wicked_a only_o and_o therefore_o the_o wise_a man_n name_v sheol_n the_o grave_n as_o arias_n and_o tremellius_n well_o translate_v to_o be_v one_o of_o those_o four_o thing_n that_o can_v be_v satisfy_v prou._n 30._o 16._o 2._o but_o if_o it_o be_v admit_v that_o these_o word_n proper_o can_v not_o be_v so_o take_v here_o for_o the_o life_n and_o the_o grave_n as_o yet_o be_v
faith_n article_n of_o christ_n descension_n be_v expound_v according_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o analogy_n of_o faith_n yet_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o ancient_a church_n do_v not_o hold_v any_o such_o descension_n of_o christ_n soul_n to_o limbus_n patram_n as_o a_o article_n of_o the_o faith_n and_o therefore_o concern_v this_o matter_n we_o may_v say_v with_o leo_n what_o reason_n have_v 3._o they_o to_o bring_v in_o new_a thing_n that_o our_o elder_n never_o know_v argum._n 4._o that_o which_o christ_n perform_v upon_o the_o cross_n he_o need_v not_o afterward_o to_o go_v down_o to_o hell_n to_o perform_v but_o he_o triumph_v over_o death_n hell_n and_o the_o devil_n upon_o the_o cross_n and_o there_o wrought_v our_o deliverance_n ergo_fw-la he_o need_v not_o for_o these_o cause_n descend_v to_o hell_n the_o assumption_n or_o second_o part_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o scripture_n coloss._n 2._o 14._o 15._o he_o have_v blot_v out_o the_o hand-writing_n of_o ordinance_n which_o be_v against_o we_o and_o fasten_v they_o to_o the_o cross_n etc._n etc._n and_o have_v spoil_v principality_n and_o power_n have_v make_v a_o show_n of_o they_o open_o triumph_v over_o they_o in_o the_o same_o so_o read_v and_o expound_v origen_n this_o place_n of_o christ_n triumph_n upon_o the_o cross_n upon_o these_o word_n numb_a 24._o 9_o he_o couch_v as_o a_o young_a lion_n he_o lay_v down_o like_o a_o lion_n when_o hang_v numer_n upon_o the_o cross_n he_o put_v down_o principality_n and_o power_n and_o triumph_v over_o they_o in_o the_o tree_n of_o his_o cross_n augustine_n also_o show_v that_o our_o deliverance_n be_v full_o wrought_v upon_o the_o cross_n and_o the_o devil_n vanquish_v serm_n 174._o trophaeo_fw-la svo_fw-la diabolus_fw-la victus_fw-la est_fw-la seducendo_fw-la primum_fw-la hominem_fw-la occidit_fw-la occidendo_fw-la novissimum_fw-la primum_fw-la de_fw-la laqueis_fw-la perdidit_fw-la exultavit_fw-la diabolus_fw-la quando_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la christus_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la morte_fw-la christi_fw-la victus_fw-la est_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o muscipula_fw-la escam_fw-la accepit_fw-la muscipula_fw-la diaboli_fw-la crux_fw-la domini_fw-la esca_fw-la qua_fw-la caperetur_fw-la mors_fw-la domini_fw-la the_o devil_n be_v overcome_v by_o his_o own_o device_n he_o by_o seduce_v slay_v the_o first_o adam_n by_o slay_v the_o last_o adam_n the_o first_o escape_v out_o of_o the_o snare_n the_o devil_n rejoice_v when_o christ_n be_v dead_a but_o by_o his_o death_n he_o be_v overcome_v he_o take_v his_o bait_n as_o in_o a_o trap_n the_o cross_n be_v the_o trap_n the_o bait_n that_o catch_v the_o devil_n be_v our_o lord_n death_n durand_n a_o popish_a champion_n urge_v this_o very_a argument_n against_o christ_n descension_n because_o in_o the_o very_a instant_n of_o christ_n death_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v deliver_v and_o make_v happy_a and_o therefore_o christ_n need_v not_o to_o descend_v for_o any_o such_o cause_n bellarmine_n be_v drive_v here_o to_o this_o shift_n to_o grant_v that_o although_o the_o presence_n of_o christ_n 15._o soul_n be_v not_o necessary_a in_o hell_n yet_o it_o be_v of_o congruity_n it_o shall_v be_v there_o present_a if_o the_o presence_n of_o christ_n soul_n in_o hell_n be_v not_o of_o necessity_n how_o have_v they_o all_o this_o while_n urge_v it_o as_o a_o article_n of_o the_o faith_n for_o every_o article_n of_o the_o faith_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v as_o necessary_a argum._n 5._o as_o the_o saint_n die_v commend_v their_o spirit_n unto_o god_n so_o do_v christ_n commend_v his_o spirit_n luk._n 23._o 46._o use_v the_o prophet_n david_n word_n psal._n 31._o 4._o he_o keep_v also_o his_o sense_n but_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o faithful_a commend_v into_o god_n hand_n do_v present_o go_v to_o heaven_n as_o stephen_n say_v lord_n jesus_n receive_v my_o spirit_n act._n 7._o 59_o can_v this_o be_v call_v a_o commend_v of_o the_o spirit_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n to_o go_v down_o to_o hell_n and_o to_o remain_v among_o the_o infernal_a spirit_n again_o if_o they_o that_o die_v in_o the_o lord_n do_v after_o death_n rest_n from_o their_o labour_n revel_v 13._o 14._o much_o more_o the_o lord_n himself_o rest_v from_o his_o labour_n after_o his_o death_n but_o if_o he_o have_v hell_n to_o conquer_v and_o the_o patriarch_n to_o deliver_v after_o his_o death_n a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o labour_n remain_v what_o then_o be_v become_v of_o that_o consummatum_fw-la est_fw-la all_o be_v finish_v upon_o the_o cross_n joh._n 19_o 30._o that_o be_v whatsoever_o appertain_v to_o christ_n suffering_n travail_n and_o labour_n be_v now_o accomplish_v his_o glory_n victory_n and_o triumph_n only_o remain_v augustine_n hereunto_o give_v some_o light_n thus_o apply_v these_o word_n of_o christ_n my_o soul_n be_v heavy_a unto_o death_n tristis_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la propter_fw-la affectum_fw-la susceptae_fw-la carnis_fw-la non_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la cum_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la spondet_fw-la societas_fw-la deitatis_fw-la non_fw-la initium_fw-la maeroris_fw-la mors_fw-la ista_fw-la sed_fw-la finis_fw-la cont._n felician_n c._n 15._o heavy_a unto_o death_n because_o of_o the_o affection_n and_o infirmity_n of_o the_o flesh_n not_o after_o death_n when_o blessedness_n be_v promise_v by_o the_o society_n of_o the_o godhead_n this_o death_n be_v not_o the_o beginning_n of_o sorrow_n and_o travail_n but_o the_o end_n argum._n 6._o christ_n soul_n go_v immediate_o unto_o heaven_n after_o the_o departure_n from_o his_o body_n ergo_fw-la it_o do_v not_o descend_v to_o hell_n the_o first_o part_n be_v prove_v by_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n luk._n 23._o 43._o utter_v to_o the_o convict_v thief_n this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n which_o word_n paradise_n must_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o presence_n of_o christ_n in_o heaven_n not_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o godhead_n only_o but_o of_o his_o whole_a person_n as_o he_o be_v the_o mediator_n and_o that_o he_o direct_o speak_v of_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o soul_n in_o paradise_n it_o may_v evident_o appear_v by_o these_o reason_n 1._o christ_n answer_v the_o thief_n according_a to_o his_o request_n but_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v remember_v when_o he_o as_o the_o messiah_n shall_v enter_v into_o his_o kingdom_n lord_n remember_v i_o when_o thou_o come_v into_o thy_o kingdom_n but_o christ_n as_o god_n be_v never_o out_o of_o his_o kingdom_n 2._o the_o phrase_n of_o speech_n give_v this_o sense_n christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v with_o we_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o godhead_n mat._n 28._o 20._o i_o be_o with_o you_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n but_o we_o be_v say_v to_o be_v with_o he_o as_o our_o messiah_n as_o s._n paul_n say_v i_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o to_o be_v with_o christ_n philip._n 1._o 23._o bernard_n note_v this_o distinction_n well_o christ_n u_fw-mi nobiscum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n 91._o christ_n be_v with_o we_o at_o all_o time_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n but_o when_o shall_v we_o be_v with_o he_o when_o we_o shall_v be_v take_v up_o and_o meet_v christ_n in_o the_o air_n 3._o that_o kingdom_n whereof_o christ_n promise_v to_o make_v the_o thief_n partaker_n be_v not_o that_o kingdom_n which_o belong_v to_o he_o as_o god_n for_o that_o be_v not_o communicable_a to_o any_o creature_n but_o which_o be_v due_a to_o he_o as_o the_o messiah_n the_o thief_n reign_v the_o same_o day_n with_o christ_n in_o paradise_n as_o bernard_n say_v that_o which_o be_v promise_v be_v do_v the_o same_o day_n he_o suffer_v together_o with_o christ_n he_o 5._o also_o reign_v together_o with_o he_o therefore_o it_o be_v a_o erroneous_a speech_n of_o the_o answerer_n the_o performance_n of_o that_o promise_a presence_n with_o he_o in_o paradise_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o blissful_a fruition_n of_o his_o godhead_n pag._n 19_o contrary_a to_o the_o apostle_n who_o never_o man_n see_v neither_o can_v see_v 1._o tim._n 6._o 16._o the_o godhead_n be_v incomprehensible_a how_o then_o can_v there_o be_v a_o full_a fruition_n whereof_o there_o can_v be_v no_o comprehension_n 4._o i_o urge_v augustine_n reason_n who_o propound_v this_o objection_n deitatis_fw-la hanc_fw-la non_fw-la animae_fw-la christi_fw-la vocem_fw-la credimus_fw-la we_o think_v that_o christ_n speak_v thus_o to_o the_o thief_n of_o his_o godhead_n not_o of_o his_o soul_n make_v this_o answer_n anima_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la hoc_fw-la promisit_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o christ_n promise_v this_o to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o thief_n then_o he_o thus_o infer_v if_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o thief_n straight_o after_o the_o death_n of_o body_n 15._o be_v call_v into_o paradise_n shall_v we_o think_v any_o to_o be_v so_o impious_a that_o dare_v say_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v three_o day_n keep_v in_o hell_n by_o his_o bodily_a death_n he_o reason_v from_o the_o less_o to_o 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and_o the_o spirit_n where_o by_o the_o spirit_n the_o divine_a nature_n be_v manifest_o express_v object_n 4._o you_o must_v then_o read_v thus_o christ_n be_v mortify_v in_o his_o humanity_n and_o quicken_v in_o his_o divinity_n which_o be_v both_o absurd_a and_o impious_a p._n 24._o ans._n 1._o the_o answerer_n much_o contend_v pag._n 25_o to_o have_v the_o preposition_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d supply_v which_o though_o it_o be_v apostle_n not_o in_o the_o original_n nor_o vulgar_a latin_a yet_o we_o willing_o yield_v he_o but_o what_o have_v he_o gain_v by_o it_o 2._o be_v it_o impious_a to_o say_v he_o be_v quicken_v in_o his_o divine_a spirit_n and_o do_v you_o know_v what_o you_o say_v do_v not_o s._n paul_n use_v the_o same_o phrase_n he_o be_v justify_v in_o the_o spirit_n 1._o tim._n 3._o 16_o that_o be_v in_o and_o by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o divine_a spirit_n for_o there_o not_o his_o soul_n but_o his_o divine_a nature_n be_v signify_v and_o what_o difference_n between_o this_o phrase_n of_o s._n peter_n quicken_v in_o the_o spirit_n and_o that_o of_o s._n paul_n rom._n 1._o 3._o declare_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d according_a to_o the_o spirit_n of_o sanctification_n that_o be_v by_o the_o power_n thereof_o object_n 5._o if_o by_o flesh_n you_o understand_v the_o whole_a humane_a nature_n that_o be_v his_o body_n and_o soul_n than_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o he_o be_v do_v to_o death_n both_o in_o body_n and_o soul_n ans._n p._n 24._o ans._n first_o there_o be_v no_o more_o necessity_n here_o by_o flesh_n flesh_n to_o understand_v the_o whole_a humanity_n of_o christ_n his_o soul_n and_o body_n than_o in_o that_o place_n of_o s._n paul_n name_v before_o rom._n 1._o 3_o christ_n be_v make_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o david_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n here_o the_o flesh_n that_o be_v christ_n humanity_n be_v set_v against_o the_o spirit_n his_o divinity_n and_o yet_o if_o the_o soul_n shall_v necessary_o be_v comprehend_v under_o the_o name_n of_o flesh_n it_o will_v follow_v that_o christ_n receive_v his_o soul_n from_o the_o seed_n of_o david_n and_o so_o anima_fw-la shall_v be_v ex_fw-la traduce_v be_v derive_v from_o the_o parent_n as_o the_o flesh_n be_v whereas_o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o god_n form_v the_o spirit_n of_o man_n within_o he_o zachar._n 12._o 1._o second_o yet_o if_o the_o soul_n be_v here_o conceive_v no_o great_a absurdity_n will_v follow_v for_o either_o by_o be_v mortify_v according_a to_o the_o flesh_n all_o other_o suffering_n be_v imply_v as_o s._n paul_n set_v down_o a_o brief_a sum_n of_o the_o gospel_n that_o christ_n die_v for_o our_o sin_n be_v bury_v &_o rise_v again_o etc._n etc._n 1._o cor._n 15._o 3._o by_o die_a understand_v all_o other_o of_o his_o suffering_n as_o s._n peter_n say_v he_o have_v suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n 1._o pet._n 2._o 18_o or_o else_o such_o a_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n may_v be_v understand_v as_o christ_n soul_n be_v subject_a unto_o neither_o by_o sin_n nor_o damnation_n but_o in_o respect_n of_o his_o inward_a affliction_n in_o which_o s._n paul_n say_v i_o die_v daily_o 1._o cor._n 15._o 31._o but_o i_o rather_o insist_v upon_o the_o first_o point_n object_n 6._o the_o word_n which_o the_o apostle_n here_o use_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d he_o go_v and_o preach_v can_v proper_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o divinity_n but_o the_o humanity_n of_o christ_n as_o the_o apostle_n use_v it_o ver_fw-la 22_o go_v into_o heaven_n bellarm._n so_o likewise_o the_o answerer_n quote_v almost_o twenty_o place_n out_o of_o the_o gospel_n much_o glory_v as_o it_o seem_v to_o paint_v his_o margin_n with_o greek_a letter_n to_o show_v how_o this_o word_n be_v use_v of_o christ_n go_v and_o come_v as_o he_o be_v man_n p._n 31._o ans._n first_o as_o though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o usual_a thing_n in_o come_v scripture_n to_o apply_v unto_o god_n such_o word_n as_o signify_v motion_n for_o our_o better_a understanding_n so_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o spirit_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d be_v carry_v upon_o the_o water_n gen._n 1._o 1._o god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ascend_v up_o from_o abraham_n genes_n 17._o 22._o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d leap_v or_o come_v upon_o saul_n 1._o sam._n chap._n 10._o the_o word_n of_o god_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d run_v very_o swift_o psal._n 148._o 15._o second_o yea_o this_o very_a word_n here_o give_v in_o instance_n be_v otherwhere_o so_o use_v as_o matth._n 4._o 4._o man_n live_v not_o by_o bread_n only_o but_o by_o every_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d which_o come_v or_o go_v forth_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o god_n object_n 7._o the_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d spirit_n you_o shall_v never_o find_v where_o it_o be_v give_v to_o man_n live_v in_o the_o world_n bellar_n &_o ans._n p._n 34._o and_o these_o spirit_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o hell_n how_o then_o can_v they_o be_v live_a man_n in_o the_o world_n and_o if_o noah_n preach_v to_o spirit_n in_o hell_n both_o the_o preacher_n and_o auditor_n must_v be_v shut_v up_o in_o hell_n p._n 38._o ans._n 1._o these_o be_v but_o ridiculous_a objection_n and_o easy_o spirit_n answer_v for_o those_o to_o who_o noah_n preach_v be_v then_o live_v in_o earth_n but_o now_o spirit_n in_o hell_n when_o peter_n thus_o write_v so_o that_o by_o the_o figure_n prolepsis_n which_o be_v usual_a in_o scripture_n he_o describe_v they_o by_o their_o present_a state_n not_o as_o they_o be_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o preach_n so_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n he_o say_v the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v to_o the_o dead_a now_o dead_a but_o then_o live_v when_o the_o gospel_n be_v preach_v as_o augustine_n well_o expound_v it_o appear_v by_o the_o circumstance_n of_o roman_n the_o place_n that_o he_o understand_v such_o as_o be_v now_o dead_a but_o in_o former_a time_n hear_v the_o gospel_n when_o they_o be_v alive_a by_o the_o same_o figure_n christ_n be_v 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disobedient_a person_n and_o unbeliever_n be_v give_v way_n and_o open_v a_o wide_a gap_n to_o a_o most_o gross_a heresy_n whereof_o augustine_n make_v mention_v another_o heresy_n there_o be_v that_o think_v that_o 79._o by_o christ_n descend_v to_o hell_n the_o incredulous_a person_n believe_v and_o all_o be_v deliver_v thence_o unto_o which_o error_n origen_n seem_v to_o incline_v write_v thus_o non_fw-la legunt_fw-la quid_fw-la scriptum_fw-la sit_fw-la de_fw-la spe_fw-la illorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o dilwio_fw-la perempti_fw-la sunt_fw-la 1._o pet._n 3._o do_v 5._o they_o not_o read_v what_o be_v write_v of_o their_o hope_n which_o perish_v in_o the_o flood_n 1._o pet._n 3._o he_o seem_v to_o think_v that_o they_o be_v save_v and_o deliver_v by_o christ_n preach_v after_o error_n they_o be_v dead_a these_o heresy_n may_v rather_o be_v fear_v by_o the_o answerers_n exposition_n of_o this_o place_n than_o the_o other_o which_o he_o imagine_v for_o to_o what_o purpose_n rather_o 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they_o to_o feel_v the_o 13._o effect_n and_o power_n of_o his_o death_n and_o passion_n and_o so_o calvin_n himself_o write_v upon_o this_o place_n vim_fw-la spiritus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortuos_fw-la penetrasse_fw-la that_o the_o power_n and_o virtue_n of_o his_o spirit_n do_v pierce_v even_o unto_o the_o dead_a as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o new_a writer_n howsoever_o they_o expound_v this_o place_n we_o may_v oppose_v as_o learned_a and_o grave_a writer_n on_o the_o other_o side_n and_o beside_o the_o particular_a judgement_n of_o some_o we_o have_v the_o consent_n of_o whole_a church_n as_o of_o scotland_n geneva_n but_o we_o stand_v not_o upon_o man_n opinion_n for_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v the_o best_a expounder_n of_o itself_o therefore_o as_o bernard_n well_o say_v ad_fw-la euangelium_fw-la appellasti_fw-la ad_fw-la euangelium_fw-la ibis_fw-la you_o have_v appeal_v to_o the_o gospel_n and_o to_o the_o gospel_n shall_v you_o go_v reason_n confirm_v the_o 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