crept into promifcuous prafiife, White 

 C**f ****** was peculiarly favoured to be 

 admitted unto the Church Forehand the 

 firft thus buried in England was ID the 



Chriftians difpute how their bodies wws 

 fiiould lye in the grave. lo urnall en- four. 

 tcrrment they clearly efcaped this Con- 

 troverfie . Though we decline the Re 

 ligious confederation, yet in cetniteriall 

 and narrower burying places, to avoid 

 confufion and erode pofition, a certain 

 pofturewere to be admitted; Which e- 

 vcn Pagan civility obferved, The Per/t- 

 40s lay North and South, TbeMegori- 

 **s and Ph&nieiAns placed their heads 

 totheEaft: The ^ihenians^ foroe thint, 

 towards the Weft , which Chriftians 

 ftill retain. And Bed* will have it to be 

 the pofture of our Saviour. That he 

 was crucified with his face towards the 

 Weft, we will not contend with tradition 

 and probable account ; But we applaud 

 Dot the band of the Painter, in exalting 

 his Croflefo high above thofe on either 

 fide, fince hereof we finde no authen- 

 tick account in hiftory., and even the 

 crofles found by Helena pretend no fuch 



diftin- 



