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as_o we_o read_v in_o herodotus_n of_o wash_v the_o corpse_n and_o wrap_v it_o in_o a_o fine_a linen_n cloth_n euterp_v so_o be_v it_o also_o with_o the_o hellenistical_a or_o grecize_a jew_n as_o appear_v plain_o in_o the_o act_n concern_v tabytha_n 37._o who_o be_v dead_a they_o wash_v and_o lay_v she_o in_o a_o upper_a chamber_n and_o though_o perhaps_o the_o gentile_n whether_o greek_n or_o roman_n think_v not_o of_o any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o resurrection_n when_o they_o use_v this_o ceremony_n yet_o i_o conceive_v that_o at_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o it_o before_o the_o light_n of_o rectify_a reason_n be_v quite_o darken_v in_o they_o it_o do_v look_v that_o way_n a_o resurrection_n unto_o judgement_n be_v so_o natural_o imprint_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o it_o be_v every_o good_a man_n hope_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o and_o every_o wicked_a man_n fear_n that_o so_o it_o will_v be_v nor_o be_v this_o custom_n of_o wash_v the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a in_o the_o church_n of_o corinth_n peculiar_a unto_o they_o alone_o or_o reckon_v for_o a_o remnant_n of_o their_o old_a superstition_n but_o constant_o retain_v as_o a_o decent_a ceremony_n in_o most_o christian_a church_n to_o keep_v they_o up_o in_o hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n that_o so_o it_o be_v at_o rome_n for_o the_o western_a church_n be_v affirm_v express_o by_o tertullian_n in_o his_o apologetic_n 42._o rigere_fw-la &_o pallere_fw-la post_fw-la lavacrum_fw-la mortuus_fw-la possum_fw-la say_v he_o in_o his_o old_a vain_a of_o writing_n which_o be_v dark_a and_o difficult_a his_o meaning_n be_v as_o rhenanus_fw-la apol._n and_o pamelius_n after_o he_o observe_v to_o show_v that_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n defunctorum_fw-la corpora_fw-la lavare_fw-la to_o wash_v the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a when_o they_o lay_v they_o out_o more_o plain_o speak_v eusebius_n 21._o for_o the_o eastern_a church_n or_o rather_o dionysius_n out_o of_o who_o he_o cite_v it_o where_o make_v mention_n of_o the_o great_a plague_n in_o alexandria_n and_o the_o remarkable_a piety_n of_o the_o christian_n towards_o their_o sick_a brethren_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o they_o do_v not_o only_o close_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o decease_a but_o also_o wash_v their_o dead_a body_n corpora_fw-la lavarunt_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la sepulturam_fw-la ornarunt_fw-la as_o the_o story_n have_v it_o and_o decent_o adorn_v they_o for_o their_o burial_n lay_v all_o which_o have_v be_v say_v together_o and_o st._n paul_n meaning_n will_v appear_v to_o be_v only_o this_o that_o by_o the_o wash_n or_o baptise_v of_o their_o dead_a call_v it_o which_o we_o will_v by_o their_o anoint_v the_o dead_a body_n with_o such_o costly_a unguent_n they_o may_v themselves_o conclude_v of_o a_o resurrection_n to_o what_o end_n else_o serve_v all_o that_o cost_n and_o charge_n which_o they_o lay_v out_o on_o they_o if_o they_o look_v not_o for_o the_o resurrection_n of_o those_o body_n with_o such_o cost_n inter_v and_o i_o the_o rather_o be_o confirm_v in_o this_o exposition_n because_o i_o meet_v with_o the_o like_a phrase_n in_o another_o place_n for_o as_o here_o we_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o wash_n or_o baptization_n of_o the_o dead_a so_o in_o the_o book_n call_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la we_o meet_v with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o wash_n or_o baptization_n of_o a_o man_n which_o ignorant_o or_o unaware_o have_v pollute_v himself_o by_o the_o touch_n of_o a_o dead_a corpse_n or_o carcase_n and_o be_v by_o such_o a_o wash_n or_o baptization_n to_o be_v make_v clean_o again_o qui_fw-la baptizatur_fw-la à _fw-la mortuo_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la tangit_fw-la eum_fw-la etc._n etc._n 34.26_o he_o that_o wash_v himself_o so_o our_o english_a read_v it_o after_o the_o touch_n of_o a_o dead_a body_n if_o he_o touch_v it_o again_o what_o avail_v his_o wash_n where_o though_o in_o our_o
translation_n it_o be_v call_v a_o wash_n yet_o in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a both_z it_o be_v a_o baptization_n next_o to_o these_o positive_a and_o practical_a proof_n we_o will_v add_v some_o natural_a and_o experimental_a evidence_n which_o conclude_v the_o same_o and_o be_v more_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o mean_a capacity_n we_o see_v the_o sun_n withdraw_v from_o we_o every_o evening_n the_o comfort_n both_o of_o light_n and_o heat_n and_o yet_o we_o doubt_v not_o of_o his_o rise_n on_o the_o morrow_n morning_n we_o go_v to_o bed_v as_o to_o our_o grave_n yield_v ourselves_o to_o sleep-which_a be_v the_o image_n of_o death_n with_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n to_o almighty_a god_n in_o hope_n to_o be_v restore_v unto_o sense_n and_o action_n on_o the_o day_n ensue_a we_o note_v it_o in_o the_o common_a course_n of_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n that_o herb_n and_o plant_n and_o all_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o field_n do_v in_o the_o time_n of_o winter_n seem_v to_o lose_v that_o life_n which_o make_v they_o flourish_v with_o more_o lustre_n than_o the_o court_n of_o solomon_n but_o we_o observe_v withal_o as_o a_o thing_n of_o course_n that_o the_o next_o spring_n return_v they_o to_o their_o perfect_a beauty_n expectandum_fw-la nobis_fw-la etiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la ver_fw-la est_fw-la octavio_n we_o have_v a_o spring_n to_o come_v say_v the_o christian_a advocate_n the_o husbandman_n commit_v his_o seed_n unto_o the_o ground_n in_o expectation_n of_o a_o plentiful_a and_o joyful_a harvest_n his_o hope_n deceive_v he_o not_o at_o last_o though_o that_o which_o he_o bury_v in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o earth_n must_v die_v before_o it_o quicken_v unto_o life_n again_o this_o be_v another_o of_o st._n paul_n argument_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n thou_o fool_n say_v he_o that_o which_o thou_o sowe_v be_v not_o quicked_a except_o it_o die_v 15.36_o upon_o which_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n take_v this_o gloss_n or_o descant_n out_o of_o a_o old_a greek_n m._n s._n in_o bodleys_n liberarie_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n the_o earth_n labour_v not_o after_o the_o ordinary_a manner_n of_o a_o woman_n in_o travel_n her_o infant_n corn_n be_v not_o quicken_v except_o it_o die_v shall_v it_o live_v still_o it_o can_v not_o be_v form_v in_o that_o womb_n the_o earth_n receive_v the_o bare_a corn_n only_o and_o by_o corrupt_v it_o restore_v it_o in_o a_o better_a fashion_n than_o she_o take_v it_o in_o 27._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o can_v we_o have_v say_v he_o a_o more_o forcible_a impression_n or_o representation_n of_o our_o own_o restitution_n than_o by_o this_o example_n observe_v these_o thing_n as_o we_o do_v in_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n how_o can_v we_o think_v so_o poor_o of_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n as_o if_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n with_o the_o like_a facility_n to_o re-give_a to_o we_o our_o former_a beauty_n as_o either_o to_o the_o plant_n or_o planet_n shall_v we_o make_v search_n into_o the_o secret_a and_o more_o wonderful_a work_n of_o prudent_a nature_n we_o may_v be_v tell_v by_o pliny_n that_o dead_a bee_n be_v restore_v both_o to_o life_n and_o motion_n only_o by_o sprinkle_v they_o with_o nepenthe_n natur._n young_a pelican_n by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o old_a one_o and_o eel_n with_o vinegar_n and_o blood_n the_o raise_n of_o the_o new_a phoenix_n out_o of_o the_o ash_n of_o the_o old_a one_o have_v be_v a_o thing_n so_o general_o receive_v over_o all_o the_o world_n that_o for_o my_o part_n i_o dare_v not_o question_v it_o though_o i_o know_v some_o do_v and_o of_o the_o swallow_n it_o be_v say_v that_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o winter_n they_o use_v to_o fall_v down_o together_o in_o heap_n into_o the_o dust_n or_o water_n and_o there_o sleep_v in_o their_o chaos_n till_o hear_v the_o voice_n of_o return_v nature_n at_o the_o spring_n they_o awaken_v out_o of_o this_o dead_a sleep_n and_o live_v among_o the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n again_o and_o more_o than_o so_o it_o be_v affirm_v by_o george_n maior_n a_o german_a writer_n 15._o that_o he_o find_v a_o company_n of_o swallow_n lie_v dead_a under_o a_o old_a table_n in_o the_o church_n of_o witteberge_n which_o by_o a_o artificial_a heat_n he_o restore_v to_o life_n the_o ordinary_a time_n of_o nature_n be_v then_o not_o come_v in_o which_o they_o shall_v revive_v of_o course_n this_o make_v it_o plain_a that_o nature_n be_v no_o enemy_n to_o a_o resurrection_n by_o consequent_a our_o faith_n in_o this_o agreeable_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o be_v deny_v by_o a_o natural_a man_n though_o no_o one_o point_n or_o article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n have_v be_v more_o eager_o oppose_v by_o the_o ancient_a gentile_n nor_o more_o pertinacious_o decry_v by_o heretical_a christian_n and_o howsoever_o man_n of_o inferior_a part_n may_v make_v scruple_n of_o it_o yet_o can_v i_o not_o but_o wonder_n at_o those_o great_a philosopher_n that_o they_o shall_v plead_v so_o earnest_o against_o a_o tenet_n so_o consonant_a to_o the_o way_n and_o work_n of_o nature_n and_o otherwise_o not_o much_o a_o stranger_n to_o their_o own_o opinion_n themselves_o both_o platonist_n and_o pythagorean_n acknowledge_v a_o eternal_a be_v of_o the_o soul_n and_o though_o the_o man_n do_v die_v and_o his_o corpse_n be_v bury_v yet_o the_o soul_n live_v again_o in_o another_o body_n and_o so_o the_o ancient_a druid_n be_v persuade_v also_o regit_fw-la idem_fw-la spiritus_fw-la artus_fw-la orb_n aâ—io_fw-la 1._o as_o the_o poet_n have_v inform_v we_o of_o they_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o opinion_n i_o dispute_v not_o here_o i_o know_v it_o to_o be_v vain_a and_o foolish_a only_o i_o shall_v conclude_v from_o their_o own_o position_n and_o think_v the_o argument_n will_v be_v good_a ad_fw-la homines_fw-la that_o the_o same_o soul_n may_v be_v as_o easy_o believe_v to_o live_v again_o in_o its_o own_o body_n as_o in_o the_o body_n of_o another_o make_v of_o purpose_n for_o it_o and_o this_o tertullian_n do_v retort_v against_o those_o philosopher_n who_o do_v admit_v of_o this_o pythagorean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o transmigration_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o body_n to_o body_n and_o yet_o deny_v the_o resurrection_n of_o that_o body_n to_o which_o the_o soul_n more_o natural_o aught_o to_o be_v unite_v si_fw-mi quaecunque_fw-la ratio_fw-la praeest_fw-la animarum_fw-la humanarum_fw-la reciprocandarum_fw-la in_fw-la corpora_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la in_o eandem_fw-la substantiam_fw-la redeant_fw-la cum_fw-la hoc_fw-la sit_fw-la restitui_fw-la id_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la fuerat_fw-la 48._o as_o his_o word_n there_o be_v that_o which_o most_o stumble_v both_o these_o philosophical_a and_o our_o christian_a heretic_n be_v that_o the_o faithful_a of_o the_o primitive_a time_n do_v not_o only_o stand_v for_o the_o assumption_n of_o a_o new_a body_n which_o perhaps_o the_o other_o will_v have_v grant_v with_o no_o great_a difficulty_n but_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o old_a the_o restitution_n of_o a_o body_n which_o have_v either_o be_v consume_v to_o ash_n eat_v by_o worm_n devour_v by_o fish_n and_o wild_a beast_n and_o final_o incorporate_v into_o the_o substance_n of_o those_o beast_n and_o fish_n which_o have_v so_o devour_v it_o which_o be_v think_v impossible_a by_o some_o old_a philosopher_n and_o not_o well_o understand_v by_o some_o poor_a weak_a christian_n occasion_v it_o on_o both_o side_n to_o be_v call_v in_o question_n and_o by_o some_o christian_a heretic_n to_o be_v more_o decry_v than_o ever_o it_o have_v be_v by_o the_o gentile_n former_o the_o marcionite_n of_o old_a deny_v it_o so_o do_v marcus_n too_o and_o so_o do_v basilides_n cerdo_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o wicked_a brood_n the_o anabaptist_n and_o socinian_o of_o these_o time_n do_v deny_v it_o also_o although_o not_o on_o the_o same_o ground_n as_o the_o former_a heretic_n by_o those_o it_o be_v deny_v because_o think_v impossible_a in_o which_o they_o and_o the_o gentile_n do_v agree_v together_o by_o these_o because_o they_o do_v not_o think_v it_o consonant_n to_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o flesh_n and_o blood_n shall_v inherit_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 15.50_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o substance_n of_o flesh_n and_o the_o infirmity_n and_o frailty_n which_o attend_v upon_o it_o between_o a_o natural_a body_n and_o a_o body_n glorify_v of_o which_o more_o anon_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n to_o satisfy_v the_o doubt_n of_o those_o of_o what_o sort_n soever_o which_o charge_v this_o article_n of_o our_o faith_n with_o impossibility_n we_o may_v demand_v of_o they_o these_o particular_n beside_o what_o have_v be_v say_v to_o the_o point_n already_o viz._n whether_o it_o be_v not_o equal_o as_o possible_a to_o almighty_a
do_v exclude_v a_o metaphor_n nor_o do_v there_o want_v good_a reason_n to_o confirm_v this_o truth_n against_o the_o cavil_n and_o exception_n of_o unquiet_a man_n for_o first_o consider_v that_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n be_v so_o often_o threaten_v in_o the_o scripture_n to_o ungodly_a man_n unless_o we_o hold_v fast_o to_o this_o good_a old_a rule_n in_o expound_v scripture_n to_o take_v it_o in_o the_o literal_a sense_n according_a as_o the_o native_a meaning_n of_o the_o word_n import_v but_o where_o the_o same_o may_v be_v against_o the_o truth_n of_o faith_n and_o honesty_n of_o manner_n it_o be_v st._n augustine_n rule_n 10._o we_o shall_v leave_v nothing_o safe_a nor_o sound_a in_o the_o book_n of_o god_n and_o then_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o christ_n our_o saviour_n shall_v pronounce_v this_o sentence_n in_o the_o day_n judgement_n depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o speak_v in_o the_o literal_a sense_n according_a to_o the_o plain_a meaning_n of_o the_o word_n neither_o the_o guilty_a can_v perceive_v what_o they_o be_v to_o suffer_v nor_o the_o minister_n what_o they_o be_v to_o execute_v nor_o the_o saint_n what_o belong_v to_o they_o to_o approve_v and_o applaud_v but_o all_o thing_n will_v be_v leave_v in_o most_o strange_a perplexity_n beside_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o saviour_n when_o he_o have_v speak_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o trope_n and_o parable_n to_o make_v a_o exposition_n of_o they_o to_o his_o own_o disciple_n and_o in_o that_o exposition_n to_o speak_v so_o plain_o that_o every_o one_o may_v be_v able_a to_o understand_v he_o as_o in_o the_o parable_n of_o the_o tare_n and_o the_o cast_a net_n deliver_v in_o the_o thirteen_o of_o st._n matthews_n gospel_n the_o disciple_n understand_v not_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o either_o but_o be_v as_o ignorant_a of_o his_o scope_n and_o purpose_n as_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o jew_n but_o when_o he_o do_v expound_v himself_o unto_o they_o in_o private_a touch_v the_o send_n of_o his_o angel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o sever_v the_o wicked_a from_o the_o just_a and_o to_o cast_v they_o be_v sever_v so_o into_o the_o furnace_n of_o fire_n and_o then_o demand_v if_o they_o understand_v what_o be_v say_v unto_o they_o they_o make_v answer_v yea_o 13.51_o it_o must_v not_o therefore_o be_v a_o metaphor_n but_o a_o proper_a speech_n by_o which_o our_o saviour_n christ_n do_v expound_v his_o meaning_n and_o open_v the_o obscurity_n of_o the_o say_v two_o parable_n for_o to_o expound_v a_o parable_n by_o a_o trope_n or_o metaphor_n have_v neither_o be_v agreeable_a to_o our_o saviour_n goodness_n nor_o any_o way_n conduce_v to_o their_o edification_n so_o then_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n shall_v be_v true_a and_o real_a not_o figurative_a and_o metaphorical_a and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o real_a fire_n a_o devour_a fire_n so_o be_v it_o 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