Thus  "  I  believe  in  Jesus  Christ,  who  was  cni-
cified  and  deadr

Art.  rV. — Sect.  5.    "  And  huried.^

•

Christ's  burial  was  predicted,  by  type,  as  in  Jo-
nas ;  by  prophetic  word^  "  thou  wilt  not  leave  my
soul  in  hell,  nor  suffer  thy  Holy  One  to  see  corrup-
tion ;"  "  He  made  His  grave  with  the  wicked  *."
Now  that  He  was  so  buried  is  evident;  and  it  is  the
more  remarkable,  as  by  the  Roman  law  those  who

*  Psalm  xvL  9, 10.     Isai.  liii.  9.
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had  been  crucified  were  left  exposed  to  animals.
But  the  Jews  had  a  law,  "  whosoever  is  hanged  on
a  tree  shall  not  remain  all  night  there ;"  therefore
they  begged  Pilate,  particularly  as  the  next  day  was
the  Sabbath,  to  let  the  bodies  of  Christ  and  the  two
malefactors  be  buried.  And  that  He  was  buried
with  the  rich  is  evident  from  the  history ;  Joseph  of
Arimathea  providing  a  sepulchre,  and  Nicodemus,  a
ruler,  the  spices.  Thus  the  burial  of  the  Son  of  God
was  performed  according  to  all  the  customs  of  the
people  of  God ;  being  embalmed  with  spices ;  wrap-
ped in  linen  cloths ;  and  laid  in  a  tomb,  the  en-
trance to  which  was  secured  by  a  massy  stone.
