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etc._n etc._n let_v we_o eat_v and_o drink_v for_o to_o morrow_n we_o shall_v die_v it_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n better_o for_o we_o say_v he_o that_o this_o say_n shall_v take_v place_n in_o we_o as_o to_o say_v let_v we_o eat_v and_o drink_v if_o these_o torment_n and_o shame_n which_o we_o suffer_v in_o our_o body_n be_v not_o change_v into_o the_o glory_n which_o we_o hope_v after_o which_o thing_n shall_v never_o be_v without_o it_o be_v in_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n furthermore_o although_o i_o shall_v pass_v over_o this_o defence_n yet_o can_v i_o bring_v in_o another_o reason_n that_o we_o be_v more_o miserable_a than_o all_o man_n if_o there_o be_v not_o a_o resurrection_n for_o although_o we_o be_v very_o bless_v before_o the_o resurrection_n yet_o be_v it_o no_o blessedness_n without_o the_o resurrection_n for_o we_o say_v that_o for_o the_o same_o cause_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o saint_n and_o of_o the_o faithful_a be_v very_o bless_v for_o so_o much_o as_o 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displeasure_n of_o god_n so_o that_o it_o be_v say_v of_o they_o from_o who_o god_n estrange_v himself_o and_o who_o he_o throw_v down_o by_o his_o judgemente_n and_o bruise_v by_o his_o hand_n that_o they_o go_v down_o into_o hell_n or_o dwell_v in_o hell_n for_o to_o speak_v proper_o hell_n signify_v not_o the_o pit_n or_o grave_n 5.14_o isaiah_n 5.14_o but_o destruction_n or_o confusion_n as_o in_o this_o place_n hell_n have_v enlarge_v itself_o and_o swallow_v up_o many_o it_o be_v also_o say_v in_o another_o place_n 11.25_o math._n 11.25_o and_o thou_o capernaum_n which_o be_v lift_v up_o into_o heaven_n i_o tell_v thou_o true_o thou_o shall_v be_v bring_v down_o into_o hell_n and_o although_o this_o figurative_a speech_n be_v find_v throughout_o all_o the_o holy_a scripture_n yet_o be_v it_o most_o chief_o use_v in_o the_o psalm_n as_o in_o this_o psalm_n 55.15_o psal_n 55.15_o let_v death_n seze_v upon_o they_o let_v they_o go_v down_o quick_a into_o hell_n or_o into_o the_o grave_n likewise_o 28.1_o psal_n 28.1_o o_o my_o god_n be_v not_o deaf_a towards_o i_o lest_o if_o thou_o answer_v i_o not_o i_o be_v like_a unto_o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n 30.3_o psal_n 30.3_o and_o again_o o_o lord_n thou_o have_v bring_v up_o my_o soul_n out_o of_o hell_n or_o out_o of_o the_o grave_n thou_o have_v reviue_v i_o from_o they_o that_o go_v down_o into_o the_o pit_n 9.17_o psal_n 9.17_o also_o the_o wicked_a shall_v turn_v into_o hell_n and_o all_o nation_n that_o forget_v god_n likewise_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v not_o holpen_v i_o i_o have_v almost_o dwell_v in_o hell_n 94.17_o psal_n 94.17_o or_o in_o silence_n also_o our_o bone_n lie_v scatter_v at_o the_o graves_n mouth_n 141.7_o psal_n 141.7_o item_n he_o have_v smite_v my_o life_n down_o to_o the_o earth_n 143.3_o psal_n 143.3_o he_o have_v lay_v i_o in_o the_o darkness_n as_o they_o that_o have_v be_v dead_a long_o ago_o it_o be_v also_o write_v in_o s._n luke_n 16.23_o luke_n 16.23_o speak_v 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mercy_n and_o love_a kindness_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v say_v 133.3_o psal_n 133.3_o that_o they_o live_v and_o shall_v live_v for_o there_o the_o lord_n appoint_v the_o life_n and_o blessing_n for_o ever_o 33.19_o psal_n 33.19_o likewise_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v deliver_v their_o soul_n from_o death_n and_o to_o preserve_v they_o in_o famine_n 52.5_o psal_n 52.5_o also_o god_n shall_v pluck_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o root_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n likewise_o 56.13_o psal_n 56.13_o that_o i_o mighr_fw-mi wallke_v before_o god_n in_o the_o light_n of_o the_o live_n 116._o psal_n 116._o also_o i_o will_v geve_v thanks_n unto_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n but_o now_o that_o we_o may_v make_v a_o end_n let_v we_o content_v ourselves_o with_o one_o testimony_n which_o so_o natural_o describe_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o as_o that_o although_o we_o shall_v say_v never_o a_o word_n yet_o lay_v it_o forth_o our_o 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in_o riches_n and_o in_o the_o strength_n of_o they_o in_o the_o end_n do_v by_o and_o descend_v into_o the_o grave_n for_o the_o rich_a and_o the_o poor_a the_o fool_n and_o the_o wise_a do_v all_o pearish_v but_o he_o which_o trust_v in_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v deliver_v from_o the_o power_n of_o hell_n now_o i_o say_v and_o defend_v it_o that_o these_o word_n death_n and_o hell_n which_o they_o have_v lay_v before_o we_o in_o the_o verse_n of_o the_o psalm_n aforesaid_a and_o in_o the_o song_n of_o ezechiah_n can_v not_o otherwise_o be_v take_v and_o i_o further_o say_v and_o affirm_v that_o this_o may_v very_o well_o be_v prove_v by_o certain_a and_o sure_a argument_n for_o be_v it_o that_o jesus_n christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n who_o be_v the_o head_n of_o all_o the_o faithful_a and_o be_v it_o that_o the_o church_n which_o be_v the_o body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n speak_v in_o these_o verse_n will_v thou_o show_v miracle_n unto_o the_o dead_a etc._n etc._n and_o likewise_o 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and_o glory_v in_o themselves_o that_o they_o have_v overcome_v the_o god_n of_o israel_n but_o now_o after_o the_o lord_n have_v suppress_v and_o abate_v their_o pride_n and_o after_o that_o he_o have_v deliver_v we_o from_o the_o cruelty_n of_o our_o enemy_n through_o a_o mighty_a hand_n and_o a_o outstretch_a arm_n the_o gentile_n can_v not_o say_v where_o be_v now_o their_o god_n who_o show_v himself_o in_o very_a deed_n to_o be_v the_o live_a god_n neither_o can_v his_o mercy_n come_v ever_o in_o question_n which_o he_o so_o notable_o have_v manifest_v and_o here_o they_o who_o god_n have_v forsake_v and_o who_o power_n and_o love_a kindness_n they_o have_v not_o feel_v be_v call_v dead_a as_o if_o he_o have_v forsake_v his_o people_n through_o the_o cruelty_n and_o unmercifulnes_n of_o the_o wicked_a this_o say_n be_v full_o confirm_v by_o the_o prayer_n that_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o prophet_n baruck_v there_o it_o be_v say_v o_o lord_n open_a thy_o eye_n 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but_o to_o worship_v he_o with_o the_o mouth_n to_o the_o end_n that_o other_o may_v hear_v but_o if_o they_o will_v here_o disturb_v i_o of_o my_o purpose_n and_o talk_v and_o say_v that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o they_o to_o do_v the_o same_o if_o they_o be_v in_o heaven_n with_o god_n as_o we_o believe_v to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o to_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o to_o live_v with_o god_n be_v not_o to_o talk_v one_o with_o another_o and_o one_o to_o hear_v another_o but_o only_o to_o take_v pleasure_n in_o god_n to_o feel_v his_o good_a will_n and_o to_o rest_n in_o he_o and_o therefore_o if_o they_o have_v any_o other_o revelation_n else_o where_o let_v they_o look_v well_o unto_o they_o for_o as_o for_o myself_o i_o will_v never_o go_v about_o to_o seek_v after_o such_o crooked_a question_n which_o serve_v more_o to_o stir_v up_o debate_n and_o strife_n then_o to_o set_v four_o religion_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n neither_o do_v that_o say_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la tend_v to_o this_o end_n that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o dead_a do_v pearish_v but_o when_o he_o exhort_v that_o we_o in_o good_a time_n and_o as_o occasion_n serve_v may_v geve_v thanks_n unto_o god_n he_o soon_o after_o teach_v that_o after_o death_n there_o be_v no_o more_o time_n to_o praise_v he_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n leave_v for_o repentance_n now_o if_o there_o be_v any_o amongst_o they_o that_o do_v yet_o murmur_v and_o be_v not_o content_v say_v this_o touch_v we_o nothing_o at_o all_o that_o destruction_n itself_o must_v come_v unto_o child_n i_o answer_v for_o the_o faithful_a 4._o psal_n 118.17_o psal_n 84_o 4._o that_o they_o shall_v not_o die_v but_o live_v and_o shall_v set_v four_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n they_o that_o dwell_v in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n 146.2_o psal_n 146.2_o will_v praise_v he_o for_o ever_o the_o sixth_o place_n which_o they_o allege_v out_o of_o the_o psalm_n be_v this_o i_o will_v praise_v the_o lord_n during_o my_o life_n and_o as_o long_o as_o i_o have_v any_o be_v i_o will_v sing_v psalm_n unto_o my_o god_n and_o thus_o they_o reason_n if_o a_o man_n must_v praise_v the_o lord_n so_o long_o as_o he_o lyve_v and_o have_v any_o be_v he_o will_v not_o praise_v he_o after_o death_n and_o when_o he_o have_v no_o be_v and_o because_o as_o i_o think_v that_o they_o speak_v this_o mery_o and_o in_o the_o way_n of_o jest_v even_o so_o will_v i_o also_o for_o their_o sake_n speak_v some_o thing_n by_o the_o way_n of_o mirth_n when_o aeneas_n as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o virgile_n promise_v unto_o his_o hostess_n to_o acknowledge_v that_o humanity_n and_o courtesy_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v at_o her_o hand_n as_o long_o as_o he_o think_v of_o she_o mean_v he_o hereby_o that_o he_o will_v sometime_o forget_v she_o when_o as_o he_o say_v so_o long_o as_o my_o soul_n shall_v stir_v in_o my_o body_n do_v he_o think_v by_o this_o that_o he_o will_v acknowledge_v the_o good_a turn_n after_o death_n in_o these_o fabulous_a field_n god_n forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v suffer_v this_o wrong_n to_o be_v do_v unto_o this_o place_n of_o scripture_n lest_o soon_o after_o we_o suffer_v ourselves_o to_o be_v overcome_v of_o that_o curse_a heretic_n heluidius_fw-la and_o this_o i_o speak_v in_o good_a earnest_n and_o to_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v not_o find_v fault_n with_o we_o that_o we_o have_v not_o do_v as_o much_o as_o themselves_o i_o will_v yield_v they_o five_o time_n as_o good_a a_o reckon_n hereof_o 30.12_o psal_n 30.12_o first_o where_o it_o be_v say_v i_o will_v geve_v thanks_n unto_o thou_o o_o lord_n my_o god_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o 34.1_o psal_n 34.1_o likewise_o i_o will_v always_o geve_v thanks_n unto_o the_o lord_n his_o praise_n shall_v continual_o be_v in_o my_o mouth_n also_o 52.9_o psal_n 52.9_o i_o will_v always_o praise_v thou_o because_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o likewise_o o_o my_o god_n my_o king_n 145.1_o psal_n 145.1_o i_o will_v extol_v thou_o and_o bless_v thy_o name_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o 61.8_o psal_n 61.8_o also_o so_o will_v i_o always_o sing_v praise_n unto_o thy_o name_n for_o ever_o and_o even_o very_a now_o they_o see_v that_o david_n who_o be_v so_o much_o their_o friend_n fight_v here_o sharp_o against_o they_o and_o therefore_o let_v we_o make_v no_o count_n of_o these_o argument_n which_o be_v build_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o a_o needle_n or_o upon_o so_o weak_a a_o foundation_n the_o seven_o place_n which_o they_o allege_v be_v this_o 39.13_o psal_n 39.13_o stay_v thy_o anger_n from_o i_o that_o i_o may_v recover_v my_o strength_n before_o i_o go_v hence_o and_o be_v no_o more_o and_o therewith_o they_o join_v that_o which_o be_v say_v in_o jobe_n 1.21.22_o job._n 10._o ver_fw-la 1.21.22_o let_v i_o a_o little_a complain_v my_o sorrow_n and_o grief_n before_o i_o go_v hence_o and_o shall_v not_o return_v even_o into_o the_o land_n of_o darkness_n and_o shadow_n 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