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be_v raise_v out_o of_o the_o place_n of_o corruption_n so_o his_o soul_n be_v not_o leave_v in_o hell_n but_o bring_v back_o again_o from_o thence_o that_o his_o resurrection_n may_v be_v wrought_v thereby_o for_o nephesh_n proper_o and_o principal_o signify_v the_o soul_n why_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v so_o take_v in_o this_o place_n where_o there_o significatione_n analogum_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la positum_fw-la flat_a pro_fw-la famosiori_fw-la significatione_n be_v nothing_o to_o restrain_v it_o to_o a_o signification_n that_o be_v less_o proper_a and_o special_o see_v the_o apostle_n saint_n peter_n who_o well_o know_v the_o meaning_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o be_v to_o expound_v he_o in_o a_o plain_a manner_n for_o all_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v but_o a_o plain_a explication_n of_o the_o doctrine_n that_o be_v before_o deliver_v more_o dark_o in_o the_o old_a interprete_v nephesh_n not_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v not_o by_o person_n body_n or_o dead_a body_n but_o by_o soul_n act._n 2._o 27._o 2._o object_n 2._o but_o it_o be_v avouch_v that_o christ_n soul_n be_v present_o upon_o his_o death_n carry_v up_o into_o heaven_n and_o therefore_o can_v not_o descend_v into_o hell_n because_o christ_n say_v to_o the_o penitent_a thief_n to_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n luc._n 23._o 43._o solut._n solut._n i_o answer_v that_o our_o creed_n teach_v we_o that_o christ_n die_v and_o then_o when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o his_o soul_n be_v depart_v out_o of_o his_o body_n what_o become_v of_o they_o both_o viz._n that_o his_o body_n be_v bury_v and_o that_o his_o soul_n descend_v into_o hell_n and_o now_o must_v this_o plain_a article_n be_v invert_v both_o in_o word_n and_o in_o sense_n and_o we_o will_v to_o believe_v that_o at_o that_o very_a time_n he_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n when_o our_o creed_n say_v that_o he_o 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