I. The Phraseology of this Article.

1. As compared with its correspondent of the Articles of 1552. A. In the Latin.

hell, and did preach to

the same as the place of

St. Peter doth testify.

2. When the Latin and English are compared with each other.

II. Words.

Latin. ad inferos credendus

descendisse

bis, the subterranean place to

dead are gathered. Job xxvi. 6.

English. into hell.

it is to be believed.

He went down.

which the souls of the

Isa. v. 14; xiv. 9, &c.

"Aons, a not, ideiv to see: the invisible receptacle of departed spirits.

Inferi,' those who inhabit infera.

Hell, Saxon hil, to cover.

Téɛvva gehenna, the place of torment after the resurrection. That CHRIST died for us, and was buried, has already been proved; and, therefore, we have but one proposition to substantiate, viz.

PROP. It is to be believed that CHRIST went down into hell.

1. The Testimony of Reason.

In order to fulfil the condition of a dead man.

2. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament.

Ps. xvi. 10. "For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption."

See also Ps. lxxxvi. 13.

B. New Testament.

Acts ii. 27-31. "Because Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to Me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of joy with Thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that GOD had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,

1 Tertull. de Anim. c. lv.; de Resur. Carn. c. xvii.

He would raise up CHRIST to sit on his throne; he seeing this before spake of the resurrection of CHRIST, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption."

See also Luke xxiii. 43. John xx. 17. Rom. x. 6, 7. 2 Cor. v. 8. Ephes. iv. 9, 10. Phil. i. 23. Col. ii. 5. 2 Tim. iv. 8. 1 Pet. iii. 18, 192; iv. 1.

3. Human Testimony.
A. Fathers.

Irenæus (A.D. 184), Against Heretics, book v. c. xxxi.

"Since our LORD was in the middle of the shadow of death, where the souls of the dead were, and then rose again with His body, and after His resurrection was taken up into heaven." Tertullian (A. D. 198), on the Soul, c. lv. "If CHRIST, who is GOD, yet as man too was dead and buried according to the Scriptures, and also satisfied this law by going through the form of human death amongst those who are dead in hell, &c." Cyprian (A.D. 250),

book II. c. ii. § 24.

Testimony against the Jews, "He was not to be overcome

by death, nor to remain in hell.”

See also Just. Martyr, Dial. c. Tryph. c. v. Novatian,

de Trinit. c. ii. Tertull. de Anim. c. lviii. Athanas.

de Incarn. Christ. lib. 1. § 13. De Trinit. Dial. IV. §7. B. Creeds.

Apostles'.
Athanasian.

C. Confessions.

2 Helvetic, c. xi. Basil, Art. ii. Augsburg, Art. iii. Sueveland, Art. ii. § 2.

* See Bp. Horsley's Twentieth Sermon, pp. 182-192, and Bp. Pearson on the Creed, Art. V.

3 This Father, in his 1st Apol. p. 326, D, accuses the Jews of having erased from the prophecy of Isaiah a passage which is not found in any copy, either Hebrew or Greek. The purport of the passage is that the LORD GOD remembered the dead among the Israelites who were His, and descended to preach His salvation to them.-Bp. Kaye on Just. Mart. p. 73. Cf. Routh Reliq. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 45.

Ruffinus is the first who mentions our LORD's descent into hell, as part of a Creed in the Church of Aquileia, where the expression is ad inferna. The Nicene Creed mentions our LORD's burial, but not His descent into hell; the Athanasian Creed mentions the latter fact, but not the former; the Apostles' Creed mentions both His burial and descent into hell.

ARTICLE IV.

I. The Phraseology of this Article.

1. As compared with its correspondent of the Articles of 1552.

2. When the Latin and English are compared with each other.

Arise.-Jugge and Cawood, 1571. Rise.-Bennet, &c.

Four PROPOSITIONS.

I. CHRIST did truly rise again from death, and took again His body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature.

II. CHRIST did, with His body, flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature, ascend into heaven. III. CHRIST sitteth in heaven.

IV. CHRIST shall return to judge all men at the last day.

PROP. I. CHRIST did truly rise again from death, and took again His body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature.

1. The Testimony of Reason.

As a pledge that His atonement was satisfactory.

As the efficient cause of the resurrection of the body.
As a pattern of the resurrection of those who believe in Him.

2. Divine Testimony.

A. Old Testament.

Prophecies. Ps. ii. 6, 7, "Yet have I set My king upon
My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the
LORD hath said unto me, Thou art My Son; this day
have I begotten Thee."

Types.

Gen. xli. 14, "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh."

See also Job xix. 25. Ps. ii. 6, 7. Isa. ix. 7; xxvi. 19; liii. 10. Hos. vi. 2.

B. New Testament.

Matt. xxviii. 6. "He is not here, He is risen, as He

said, Come, see the place where the LORD lay." Foretold by Himself. Matt. xx. 19. Mark ix. 9; xiv. 28. John ii. 19; x. 17, 18.

Witnesses. Saints, Matt. xxvii. 52, 53. Angels, Luke xxiv. 4-7, 23. Apostles, Acts i. 22; ii. 32; iii. 15;

iv. 33. His enemies, Matt. xxviii. 11-15. GOD, Acts

1 Under (C) will be found other remarkable prophecies and types. See Dr. Priestley's Notes on Scripture, vol. II. p. 160. Peters on Job, part 11. §§ 2, 3. Michael. Epim. in Lowth, Præl. xxxII., cited by Dr. Pye Smith. Schultens on Job, v. i. p. 489.-J. J. Gurney, Biblical Notes, pp. 47.