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A38007 A farther enquiry into several remarkable texts of the Old and New Testament which contain some difficulty in them with a probable resolution of them / by John Edwards ... Edwards, John, 1637-1716. 1692 (1692) Wing E206; ESTC R37315 201,474 386

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but_o he_o can_v not_o certain_o tell_v which_o plutarch_n apollon_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr consolation_n ad_fw-la apollon_n have_v this_o very_a notion_n of_o it_o and_o on_o that_o account_n conclude_v that_o death_n be_v not_o evil._n after_o this_o waver_a manner_n speak_v the_o great_a roman_a philosopher_n 1._o philosopher_n si_fw-mi supremus_fw-la ille_fw-la dies_fw-la non_fw-la extincti●nem_fw-la sed_fw-la commutationem_fw-la a●●ert_fw-la loci_fw-la quid_fw-la optabilius_fw-la si_fw-mi autem_fw-la perimit_fw-la ac_fw-la delet_fw-la omnino_fw-la quid_fw-la melius_fw-la quàm_fw-la in_o mediis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la laboribus_fw-la obdormiscere_fw-la &_o i●a_fw-la conniventem_fw-la somno_fw-la consopiri_fw-la sempiterno_fw-la cic._n tusc._n qu._n l._n 1._o if_o the_o day_n of_o death_n be_v accompany_v with_o the_o change_n of_o place_n only_o and_o not_o a_o utter_a extinction_n what_o can_v be_v more_o desirable_a than_o death_n or_o if_o it_o make_v a_o end_n of_o we_o and_o 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vera_fw-la fama_fw-la est_fw-la recipitque_fw-la nos_fw-la locus_fw-la aliquis_fw-la epist._n 63._o perhaps_o if_o the_o report_n of_o wise_a man_n be_v true_a and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o a_o place_n hereafter_o to_o receive_v we_o etc._n etc._n thus_o antonine_n the_o royal_a philosopher_n can_v tell_v whether_o death_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o extinction_n or_o a_o translation_n whether_o it_o be_v a_o annihilation_n or_o a_o change_n of_o our_o condition_n and_o many_o 6._o many_o siquis_fw-la modò_fw-la extinctis_fw-la sensus_fw-la inest_fw-la val._n max._n l._n 4._o c._n 6._o other_o have_v thus_o express_v their_o doubtfulness_n about_o another_o life_n but_o most_o remarkable_a be_v that_o passage_n of_o xenophon_n in_o the_o life_n of_o cyrus_n who_o that_o wise_a historian_n represent_v as_o a_o great_a hero_n and_o singular_a pattern_n of_o virtue_n we_o must_v expect_v therefore_o that_o he_o will_v 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