妙法蓮華經玄義 2.125

2.125

As for the sequence, it goes from the crude to the subtle. Because the marks of suffering are crude, they are expounded first; although cessation is not the ultimate real, because cessation accords with the real and the marks of cessation are also crude, it is expounded first. Furthermore, citing the worldly fruit of suffering induces disgust toward worldly accumulation. Cessation can accord with the supramundane fruit, inducing aspiration for the path. Hence it follows this sequence.