67 And * laid it in his own new tomb , which * he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great ſtone to the door of the 1epulchre, and depar- ted 4
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the othes Mary, fitting over-againft the ſepulchre.
Mark hath ir, Chap. 15. from v, 42. to the end. Aid ww when the even was come, becauſe it was the Preparation, that is, the Day before the Sabbath, Joſeph of Arimathea, an Honourable Cour:- cellor, who waited for the Kingdom of God, came and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the Brdy of Feſus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead, and calling unto him the Centurion, he ashed him whether he had been any time Dezd. and when be knew it cf the Centurion, he gave the Body to Joleph. And he brought fine Lin- nen, and togk him down, and wrapt him in the Linnen, and laid him in a Sepulchre, which was hew'd out of a Rock, and rolted a fone to the dvr of the Sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene, and Mcry the Mother of Zeſus, beheld where he was lai, Luke hath it, Ch. 23. 50, ggc. thus. And behild there was a Man Named Joſeph, a Conncellsr, and he was a gozd Man, and a ju$t, The fyme Mn had not conſented to the Counſel, and deed of them ;, he was of Arimathea 2 City of the Zews, wh» alſ1 himſelf waited fr the Kingdom of God, This Mar: went unt) Pilate, and begged the Brdy of Jeſus. And he tock it dawn, and wrapped it in Linnen, and laid it in a Sepulchre, that was hown in Stone, wherein ncver Man bejore laid, And that Day was the Þ» :- paration, an! the Sabbath drew on. John reporcs ic with tome ad- ditions, Ch. 19. 38, 39, 49, 41, 42. And after this Joſeph of Ari- mathea, bein; > Diſciple of Feſus, but je ctly for fear of the Fows. bebught Pilate, that he might tabs .ow.ty the Bray of Feſtrs, and Pilate gave him lexus. He came therefore and tool; the Body of F-jus. And there cam? ali9 Nicodemus (which at the firit c.ims 14 Fejus ty Night ) and brougot 4 Mxiure of Myrch, and Aloes dh34t an bimdred pound weight, Then to5% thoy the Body © f Je ws, and wind it in Lin- nen Cloths, with the Sfices, as the manner of th: Pews is t5 Bury.
Now in the place where he was Crucifz.! , Ihye was & Garden, and in the Garden a new Sepilchre, wherein never was Man yet laid. Tnere Iaid they Fejirs therefire , becauje
of the Fews Preparation Day, fir the Sepulchre was nizh at Hand, All tour Evaneelifts (as we lee) repeat this Hiſtory, one ſupply- ing what is wanting 1n another, towards the Complearnefs of ir. Nor muſt we think ic is for nothing ſo punfually relared ; much depended upon the Worlds Saristaftion 12 the Truth, and Cer- rainty of his Death, Burial and Reſurrection, (tlicy are three great Articles of our Faith.) We have theretore here punttuaily detcri- bed his Burial, with all the Circumſtances of it, As ir is with us, fo it feems it was with chem. The Bodics of thoſe who dy- cd as MalefaQors, were taken to be in power cf the Maziftrares, to diſpoſe of as they pleated, tio” they were ordinarily granted upon Peticion to therr Friends and Relations. Tae Perfun who begzed the Body of our Saviour, 15 deſcribed to us by his Name
Foſeph, by his City Arimathea Cehere 1t feems he was boin, or
had his Manfion-Houſe, tho? he reſided in Ferifalvm ) by his Quality, both his more Extcrtor Qudity, and his more 77erio Qua- lifcation, As for his oueward Quality, Wit ſaich, he was a Rich Man” Mark faith, He was an IDimurbl? Counſe!hir, Lite 4'fo calls him 4 Coumſelby , but had nor conſented ro rhe Coumſet andD-od of them, Thar is, of them who had examined and Condem- ned Chriſt. Whether he was a Member of the Fewith Sanhearim, or of Pilates Comeil,Crtho'the laſt be nor probable jor nad been a Coun- ſellor formerly , bur nov was n2t fo, 15 hard c2 gerermine, =
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