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shall_v condemn_v riches_n c._n what_o sundry_a exposition_n many_o interpreter_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v make_v concern_v abraham_n bosom_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v needful_a to_o show_v it_o may_v suffice_v only_o to_o know_v what_o be_v the_o true_a meaning_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o scripture_n for_o as_o abraham_n be_v therefore_o call_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a because_o in_o he_o the_o covenaunt_n of_o everlasting_a life_n be_v lay_v which_o be_v faithful_o keep_v first_o for_o his_o son_n and_o afterwards_o deliver_v to_o all_o nation_n and_o all_o they_o be_v call_v his_o son_n which_o be_v partaker_n of_o the_o same_o promise_n even_o so_o after_o death_n they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v gather_v into_o his_o bosom_n because_o they_o receyve_v the_o same_o fruit_n of_o faith_n with_o he_o it_o be_v a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o the_o father_n into_o who_o lap_n or_o bosom_n the_o child_n do_v come_v when_o they_o resort_v home_o in_o the_o evening_n from_o their_o labour_n see_v therefore_o the_o child_n of_o god_n be_v disperse_v be_v pilgrim_n in_o this_o world_n even_o as_o in_o this_o present_a race_n they_o follow_v the_o faith_n of_o their_o father_n abraham_n even_o so_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a they_o go_v to_o bless_a rest_n in_o the_o which_o he_o carry_v for_o they_o therefore_o as_o abraham_n be_v call_v the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a 4.11_o rom._n 4.11_o so_o we_o must_v be_v gather_v into_o his_o bosom_n so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v in_o the_o world_n we_o live_v in_o his_o house_n and_o after_o death_n we_o be_v say_v to_o be_v receive_v of_o he_o and_o to_o be_v gather_v into_o his_o bosom_n if_o any_o man_n demand_v whether_o the_o godly_a at_o this_o day_n be_v in_o the_o like_a condition_n after_o death_n question_n or_o whether_o christ_n by_o rise_v again_o have_v open_v his_o bosom_n in_o the_o which_o as_o well_o abraham_n himself_o as_o all_o the_o godly_a also_o do_v rest_n we_o answer_v bryef_o that_o as_o 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and_o see_v abraham_n a_o far_o of_o and_o lazarus_n in_o his_o bosom_n c._n although_o christ_n show_v a_o history_n yet_o notwithstanding_o he_o describe_v spiritual_a thing_n under_o figure_n which_o he_o know_v be_v meet_v for_o our_o understanding_n for_o man_n soul_n have_v not_o finger_n and_o eye_n neither_o be_v they_o thirsty_a neither_o have_v they_o mutual_a talk_n one_o with_o another_o as_o be_v here_o describe_v between_o abraham_n and_o the_o glutton_n but_o the_o lord_n make_v here_o a_o description_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o life_n to_o come_v so_o far_o forth_o as_o our_o understanding_n be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v and_o the_o sum_n be_v this_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o
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