Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-08

of the Lords body in Joseph'sV,
was empha,ically mans work and
part of Christ's redemptive scheme ;,
No scripture was fulfilled hy his be-
ing laid in the rock. The "grave !
with the wicked" in Isaiah So 8 was
fulfilled on the the cross between the |
two thieves; and with the rich in his |
DEATH is the connection that Joseph
and N,codemus had with him, pre-
pairing him for burial. "The heart
of the earth," IN Math. 12 40 is the
same as the hell or hades of Acts,
2:31, and means the state or condi-
tion of the dead, 1t is remarkable
| that even in lst Cor. l5 55, the word
grace is not found in any of the best
manuscripts and is changed to the
word death by all the authorities.
But this point is settled by Acts 49,
29. 30. And when they had fulfilled
uu that auds ,Crittea of him, they took
him down and laid him in sepul
chre. But God raised him from the
dead, not from the grave, tomb or
sepulchre. 5th. The resurrection of
Christ and the resurrection of his
people from the dead is in no way.
nor sense connected with, nor de-
pendent upon, burial in Il grave or
tomb. Thousands of Gods people
will have a glorious resurrection from
the dead who were never buried in
sense.
9th. The body of the Lord was
: not laid in Joseph's rock tomb te
show that he was really dead. The
proof of his death was the blood ant
water that flowed from his pierced
= side. John, 1884, and Zacharial
1910. 7th. The Gospel facts abou
which we are concerned and whic'
- make it possible for God to he jus
and yet justify the penitent sinner
" are the drath-the sin atoning dealt
y of Christ and his glorious resurrection
from the dead And the idea tha
". his being prepared for burial mel
toned by The Apostle in lst Coz
= 15-4 is one of the Gospel facts, ha
:" no better foundation than a perve
sion of that passage by rertullian
as the 3rd century. That superstition
$. writer quotes 1st Cor. 154 thus
as (De Anima, chap. 55 He di,
Or for our sins according to the scrip
s ures and according to the same scril
, lures he was buried" This is
IL base perversion of G IDS truth ar
W. is the only foundation for the i'd
us that the laying of the body of Jes
lis in the rock tomb was one of the fac
m of the Gospel. For proof that t
,d' sin atoning death of Jesus Christ al
nd his resurrection from the dead a
ny the two facts of the Gospel. S
'ct Rom. 14-9; End Cor. 5-l5; 1st The
leu Ala.
8th. The "burial theory or
ally theory that makes the ordinance
is baptism to symbolic the burial
vas Christ, was invented since the ii
d. council of Nice, A. D. 325, and
The now demonstrated to be ticti'
the That theory, so dear to Baptists a
md disciples-because tits the only
for naming proof for immersion-is n
fer exploded by the proof that the i'm
eph ined fact they have been trying
ten vain to symbolize, never was a
for of the Gospel at all. Mr.. D. thou
in that instead of trying to reply
has my argument for the authority
eph infant baptism, he would prove
but olibi, hut now his abb turns out
put he a sad failure.
lie 9th. Now reader, turn to K
''er- ga and read in the light OF wha
then have here proven. "rherefore
not we're prepared for burial with him
turn the baptism into his death
men PIP. prepared for burial with
MN by the baptism" The meaning of
look Apostle is that when any soul Is
'sa" the one spirit baptized into Chr
why one body" lst Cor. IL l3) it wa
wiIe and with that body in all that
The body of Christ did or suffered.
very that Paul could say Il was cruc
city, with Christ, (Gal. 2-2O died
Is, Christ" Rom. 6-5. .'was prep
an for burlal with Christ" Rom.
Then ..anick with Christ" Eph. 2-5; =
and ed up with Christ. Erh 2 6; "s
the fed with Christ" Rum. SIT
vs. Is because lie Was 'by the one s
ihe baptized INTO the one body and
''dzo' in, and with, that body when it
'"mo' crucified, dead, prepared for bt
rmrd quickened, raised and giorified.
10th. In this connection it i
,on~ teresting to read what Robert r
,,.n son, the great Baptist historis
a.. England, said on this point,
II
m, $50 of his History of Baptism,
o Baptist Doctor says: THE first
ish Baptists, when they read
~, phrase, buried in baptism inst
thought of an English burial,
therefore baptized by laying
body in the form of burying in
, own country; hut they might
- observed that Paul wrote to Re
and that Romans did not bur,
- burned the dead, and buried nc
seph'- -. -. -, =, ,r,s 20 N
,., fair reasoning on the form OF ha
can be drawn from the mode of
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