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be_v priest_n to_o god_n and_o christ_n etc._n etc._n after_o the_o saint_n be_v revive_v and_o a_o spirit_n of_o life_n enter_v into_o they_o they_o be_v call_v up_o and_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n say_v rev._n 1.1_o viz._n to_o rule_n and_o government_n as_o page_n 39_o to_o kingly_a power_n to_o sit_v upon_o throne_n and_o have_v judgement_n commit_v to_o they_o say_v this_o text_n ensign_n of_o sovereignty_n psal_n 122.5_o psal_n 7.21_o 1._o dan._n 7.22_o allude_v to_o the_o resurrection_n and_o ascension_n of_o christ_n after_o his_o death_n who_o ascend_v heaven_n have_v all_o power_n judgement_n and_o authority_n give_v to_o he_o mat._n 28.18_o john_n 5.22_o 27._o so_o shall_v it_o be_v in_o like_a manner_n with_o his_o mystical_a body_n in_o their_o mystical_a resurrection_n and_o ascension_n they_o be_v to_o ascend_v the_o throne_n of_o christ_n and_o to_o receive_v judgement_n rule_n and_o authority_n from_o he_o have_v suffer_v with_o he_o during_o antichrist_n reign_v and_o 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divide_v into_o four_o and_o twenty_o course_n who_o duty_n and_o privilege_n be_v hold_v forth_o in_o deut._n 33.10_o levit._fw-la 10.11_o numb_a 16.9_o three_o judaical_a of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n of_o which_o melchizedek_n the_o type_n gen._n 14.18_o hebr._n 7.1_o and_o jesus_n christ_n the_o antetype_n our_o great_a highpriest_n heb._n 3.1.4.14_o and_o under_o he_o the_o spiritual_a royal_a priesthood_n exod._n 19_o 6._o rev_n 1.6_o 2_o pet_n 2.5_o 9_o import_v separation_n and_o consecration_n to_o god_n and_o a_o nearness_n and_o constant_a communion_n with_o he_o numb_a 16.9_o order_v in_o special_a the_o affair_n of_o his_o church_n be_v appoint_v and_o anoint_v thereto_o now_o as_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n the_o type_n of_o christ_n kingdom_n there_o be_v a_o anoint_a priesthood_n a_o ministry_n to_o manage_v the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n and_o a_o anoint_a kingship_n or_o magistracy_n to_o govern_v and_o manage_v the_o state_n so_o have_v antichrist_n 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as_o his_o elder_n and_o minister_n which_o in_o happy_a conjunction_n make_v up_o this_o bless_a and_o glorious_a state_n of_o christ_n rule_n in_o this_o his_o kingdom_n of_o the_o second_o death_n on_o such_o the_o second_o death_n have_v no_o power_n this_o be_v another_o privilege_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o this_o happy_a estate_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o be_v liable_a to_o the_o second_o death_n by_o second_o death_n in_o the_o letter_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v hell-fire_n the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a as_o interpret_v rev._n 21.9_o but_o mystical_o and_o metaphorical_o take_v for_o utter_a ruin_n destruction_n and_o perdition_n as_o for_o instance_n it_o be_v say_v in_o rev._n 19.20_o that_o the_o beast_n and_o false-prophet_n be_v cast_v alive_a into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n burn_v with_o brimstone_n which_o must_v metaphorical_o be_v understand_v because_o as_o before_o explain_v page_n 2_o by_o beast_n and_o false-prophet_n we_o be_v not_o to_o understand_v two_o 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