"Buried with Him"

[MW]

John Calvin on the open action of Joseph and Nicodemus in the burial of Christ:

For here we have a striking proof that his death was more quickening than his life; and so great was the efficacy of that sweet savour which the death of Christ conveyed to the minds of those two men, that it quickly extinguished all the passions belonging to the flesh. So long as ambition and the love of money reigned in them, the grace of Christ had no charms for them; but now they begin to disrelish the whole world.

Besides, let us learn that their example points out to us what we owe to Christ. Those two men, as a testimony of their faith, not only took down Christ from the cross with great hazard, but boldly carried him to the grave. Our slothfulness will be base and shameful if, now that he reigns in the heavenly glory, we withhold from him the confession of our faith.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

That man had a talent with a pen that cannot be matched. It's like poetry.

I remember thinking reading Calvin would be dull and boring. I've read my share of dry stuff but Calvin could never be described that way.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]