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A72420 The soule is immortall, or, Certaine discourses defending the immortalitie of the soule against the limmes of Sathan to wit, Saducees, Anabaptists, atheists and such like of the hellish crue of aduersaries / written by Iohn Iackson. Jackson, John, fl. 1611.; Houppelande, Guillaume, d. 1492. De immortalitate animae.; Xenocrates, of Chalcedon, ca. 396-ca. 314 B.C. De morte.; Athenagoras, 2nd cent. De resurrectione.; Palingenio Stellato, Marcello, ca. 1500-ca. 1543. 1611 (1611) STC 14297a.3; ESTC S116566 64,456 189

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shall_v reign_v for_o ever_o ecclesiastos_fw-la 12._o because_o man_n shall_v go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o his_o eternity_n also_o in_o the_o last_o judgement_n every_o man_n that_o be_v predestinate_a to_o salvation_n shall_v rise_v again_o to_o life_n everlasting_a with_o the_o same_o body_n they_o have_v here_o according_a to_o that_o say_n of_o job_n job_n 19_o 25._o i_o be_o sure_a that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v and_o that_o i_o shall_v rise_v again_o out_o of_o the_o earth_n at_o the_o last_o day_n 26._o and_o though_o after_o my_o skin_n worm_n destroy_v this_o body_n yet_o shall_v i_o see_v god_n in_o my_o flesh_n 27._o who_o i_o myself_o shall_v see_v yea_o myself_o shall_v behold_v and_o none_o other_o for_o i_o so_o that_o hereby_o it_o be_v very_o manifest_a and_o plain_a that_o all_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n shall_v every_o one_o of_o they_o take_v again_o their_o own_o proper_a body_n be_v become_v immortal_a or_o bring_v unto_o the_o state_n of_o immortality_n of_o the_o 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that_o my_o life_n be_v but_o a_o wind_n and_o that_o my_o eye_n shall_v not_o return_v to_o see_v pleasure_n for_o so_o he_o expound_v himself_o when_o he_o add_v vers_fw-la 10._o he_o shall_v return_v no_o more_o to_o his_o house_n neither_o shall_v his_o place_n know_v he_o any_o more_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o 17._o chap._n my_o breath_n be_v corrupt_a my_o day_n be_v corrupt_a &_o the_o grave_n be_v ready_a for_o i_o they_o be_v word_n of_o one_o despair_a of_o life_n &_o salvation_n god_n be_v wroth_a and_o angry_a 10._o job_n 34.14.15_o 14_o if_o he_o set_v his_o heart_n upon_o man_n and_o gather_v unto_o himself_o his_o spirit_n and_o his_o breath_n 15._o all_o flesh_n shall_v perish_v together_o and_o man_n shall_v return_v unto_o dust_n answer_n job_n do_v not_o here_o say_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v either_o sleep_n or_o perish_v but_o that_o by_o the_o departure_n of_o the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n the_o body_n die_v and_o be_v dissolve_v yet_o not_o that_o the_o body_n 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