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can_v know_v ep._n 98._o it_o appear_v i_o think_v from_o the_o forego_n discourse_n that_o god_n never_o think_v it_o worth_a while_n for_o we_o to_o know_v the_o time_n of_o the_o creation_n deluge_n or_o conflagration_n or_o the_o seat_n of_o paradise_n etc._n etc._n as_o not_o be_v any_o way_n material_a to_o our_o salvation_n and_o that_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a for_o we_o to_o attempt_v to_o make_v they_o out_o from_o natural_a cause_n and_o if_o we_o always_o stick_v here_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o we_o as_o the_o learned_a boskhierus_n 1._o in_o his_o sacred_a philipick_n say_v of_o the_o jew_n who_o be_v always_o gape_v after_o their_o terrestrial_a paradise_n et_fw-la quia_fw-la judaei_n terraena_fw-la semper_fw-la somniant_fw-la cogendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la tandem_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-la terraenâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la hierosolymâ_fw-la semper_fw-la cogitare_fw-la in_fw-la quam_fw-la nulla_fw-la spes_fw-la redeundi_fw-la adfulgeat_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la coelesti_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la utrique_fw-la invitamur_fw-la arcendi_fw-la ab_fw-la ubere_fw-la lactisugi_fw-la illi_fw-la senes_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la cibi_fw-la solidioris_fw-la usum_fw-la fame_n &_o necessitate_v adducendi_fw-la a_o sacred_a famine_n pursue_v a_o thoughtful_a mind_n which_o will_v never_o permit_v it_o to_o be_v at_o rest_n but_o still_o keep_v it_o on_o the_o wing_n till_o it_o have_v light_v on_o some_o branch_n of_o peace_n and_o bring_v it_o home_o with_o it_o to_o the_o ark_n and_o this_o must_v be_v do_v by_o search_v into_o the_o sacred_a symbolical_a sense_n contain_v under_o the_o foresay_a mystery_n in_o which_o the_o mind_n calm_o repose_v itself_o for_o otherwise_o either_o with_o ixion_n we_o shall_v embrace_v a_o cloud_n instead_o of_o a_o beauty_n by_o adhere_v to_o a_o false_a reason_n instead_o of_o a_o true_a one_o or_o be_v carry_v down_o the_o stream_n with_o the_o crowd_n and_o be_v whole_o keep_v at_o gaze_n at_o the_o incomprehensible_a wonder_n thus_o methinks_v concern_v the_o pass_v away_o of_o this_o world_n and_o a_o new_a heaven_n and_o new_a earth_n man_n may_v rest_v satisfy_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o socinus_n 6._o vita_fw-la haec_fw-la animalis_fw-la ac_fw-la terrestris_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicii_fw-la cessare_fw-la debet_fw-la &_o ejus_fw-la loco_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la &_o coelestibus_fw-la substitui_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la vero_fw-la coelo_fw-la &_o verâ_fw-la terrâ_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la nobis_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nun_n &_o coelum_fw-la &_o terram_fw-la ut_fw-la huic_fw-la animali_fw-la ac_fw-la terrestri_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la inservirent_fw-la deus_fw-la creavit_fw-la quâ_fw-la cessante_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la utrumque_fw-la conditum_fw-la fuit_fw-la a_o non_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la cessare_fw-la debent_fw-la and_o beneath_o num_fw-la fortassis_fw-la aliquo_fw-la sole_a &_o lunâ_fw-la aliquibúsve_fw-la stellis_fw-la ad_fw-la diei_fw-la &_o noctis_fw-la distinctionem_fw-la ad_fw-la tempestatum_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la ad_fw-la annos_fw-la notandos_fw-la propter_fw-la quae_fw-la sydera_fw-la omne_fw-la creata_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o perpetuâ_fw-la luce_fw-fr futuri_fw-la sumus_fw-la experturi_fw-la qui_fw-la sempiternam_fw-la vitam_fw-la vivemus_fw-la num_fw-la luce_fw-fr hac_fw-la creatâ_fw-la &_o ipso_fw-la sole_a ac_fw-la lunâ_fw-la ad_fw-la locum_fw-la illustrandum_fw-la ubi_fw-la erimus_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsam_fw-la increatam_fw-la lucem_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la praesentem_fw-la habituri_fw-la simus_fw-la quibúsque_fw-la deus_fw-la ipse_fw-la &_o claritas_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la jesus_n agnus_fw-la ille_fw-la purissimus_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la lucebunt_fw-la ac_fw-la vice_fw-la solis_fw-la et_fw-la lunae_fw-la erunt_fw-la 22._o etc._n etc._n so_o again_o chassonius_n tell_v we_o promissionem_fw-la de_fw-la coelis_fw-la novis_fw-la et_fw-la terrâ_fw-la nouâ_fw-la 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