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in_o the_o twinkle_n of_o a_o eye_n as_o st._n paul_n tell_v we_o 15._o overtake_v they_o as_o it_o find_v they_o at_o their_o several_a business_n and_o burn_v up_o the_o dross_n and_o corruption_n of_o their_o natural_a body_n of_o mortal_a shall_v make_v they_o to_o be_v immortal_a which_o change_n shall_v be_v to_o they_o in_o the_o stead_n of_o death_n in_o this_o sort_n shall_v they_o meet_v the_o lord_n come_v in_o the_o cloud_n of_o the_o air_n where_o the_o tribunal_n or_o judgement-seat_n of_o christ_n shall_v be_v erect_v that_o the_o ungodly_a man_n the_o impenitent_a sinner_n who_o be_v not_o capable_a of_o come_v into_o heaven_n for_o so_o much_o as_o a_o moment_n for_o no_o unclean_a thing_n or_o any_o one_o that_o work_v abomination_n shall_v find_v entrance_n there_o apocal._n 21.27_o may_v stand_v before_o his_o throne_n to_o receive_v his_o sentence_n so_o witness_v st._n john_n in_o the_o revelation_n and_o i_o see_v a_o great_a white_a throne_n and_o he_o that_o 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the_o writer_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n have_v make_v of_o hades_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n and_o signification_n we_o shall_v find_v it_o there_o and_o first_o we_o may_v observe_v that_o it_o be_v sometime_o use_v not_o often_o to_o signify_v the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n the_o very_a beelzebub_n himself_o the_o king_n of_o devil_n as_o in_o the_o 20._o chapter_n of_o the_o revelation_n v_o 14._o be_v it_o be_v say_v according_a to_o the_o english_a translation_n that_o death_n and_o hell_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n but_o in_o the_o original_a it_o run_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o death_n and_o hades_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o gonervour_n of_o death_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o hell_n receive_v their_o final_a condemnation_n and_o be_v cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n as_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v also_o use_v in_o a_o former_a place_n of_o the_o say_a book_n in_o which_o we_o 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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