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live_v in_o mutual_a amity_n that_o no_o pretence_n to_o hate_n or_o strife_n may_v rise_v from_o any_o injury_n since_o thy_o dear_a son_n the_o lord_n of_o life_n for_o love_v of_o we_o when_o foe_n do_v die_v a_o hymn_n upon_o the_o resurrection_n of_o christ_n narration_n the_o historical_a narration_n who_o be_v this_o we_o see_v from_o edom_n come_v with_o bloody_a robe_n from_o bosrah_n town_n he_o who_o false_a jew_n to_o death_n do_v doom_n and_o heaven_n fierce_a anger_n have_v cast_v down_o his_o righteous_a soul_n alone_o be_v fain_o 63.3_o isa._n 63.3_o the_o wine-press_n of_o god_n wrath_n to_o tread_v and_o all_o his_o garment_n to_o distain_v and_o sprinkle_a clothes_n to_o die_v blood-red_n against_o hell_n and_o death_n he_o stout_o fight_v who_o captive_a hold_v he_o for_o three_o day_n but_o straight_o he_o his_o own_o freedom_n wrought_v and_o from_o the_o dead_a himself_o do_v raise_v the_o brazen_a gate_n of_o death_n he_o break_v triumph_v over_o sin_n and_o hell_n and_o make_v the_o infernal_a kingdom_n quake_n with_o all_o that_o in_o those_o shade_n do_v dwell_v his_o murder_a body_n he_o resume_v maugre_o the_o grave_n close_a grasp_n and_o strife_n and_o all_o these_o region_n thence_o perfume_v with_o the_o sweet_a hope_n of_o last_a life_n o_o mighty_a son_n of_o god_n most_o high_a life_n the_o application_n to_o the_o improvement_n of_o life_n that_o conquer_v thus_o hell_n death_n and_o sin_n give_v we_o a_o glorious_a victory_n over_o our_o deadly_a sin_n to_o win_v go_v on_o and_o sense_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phil._n jud._n flesh_n and_o blood_n in_o the_o moral_a sense_n edom_n still_o subdue_v and_o quite_o cut_v off_o his_o wicked_a race_n and_o raise_v in_o we_o thy_o image_n true_a which_o sinful_a 6.6_o sinful_a the_o old_a adam_n rom._n 6.6_o edom_n do_v
state_n of_o the_o church_n out_o of_o the_o apocalypse_n 265_o ix_o the_o angel_n measure_v the_o city_n with_o a_o golden_a reed_n what_o the_o meaning_n thereof_o 278_o x._o several_a passage_n of_o the_o mercavah_n expound_v or_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o cherubin_n see_v by_o ezekiel_n 280_o xi_o a_o exposition_n of_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o throne_n of_o god_n in_o heaven_n the_o four_o beast_n and_o twenty_o four_o elder_n see_v by_o s_n t._n john_n 298_o xii_o what_o ground_n of_o hope_n out_o of_o scripture_n for_o that_o glorious_a state_n of_o the_o church_n to_o come_v 313_o xiii_o that_o the_o glorious_a time_n predict_v by_o the_o prophet_n have_v not_o yet_o appear_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n 321_o fourteen_o what_o ground_n in_o reason_n for_o the_o come_n of_o those_o glorious_a time_n 326_o xv._o that_o there_o be_v no_o fear_n that_o either_o familism_n or_o behmenism_n will_v supplant_v the_o expect_a glory_n of_o the_o apostolic_a church_n 332_o xvi_o j._n behmen's_fw-fr marvellous_a pretence_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o language_n of_o nature_n 337_o xvii_o farther_o indication_n that_o j._n behmen_n do_v not_o write_v from_o a_o infallible_a spirit_n 342_o xviii_o bathynous_a his_o judgement_n touch_v j._n behmen_n with_o some_o caution_n how_o to_o avoid_v the_o be_v ensnare_v by_o enthusiast_n 349_o xix_o that_o there_o be_v a_o elias_n to_o come_v and_o in_o what_o sense_n 355_o xx._n the_o character_n of_o this_o elias_n gather_v out_o of_o prophecy_n 356_o xxi_o his_o character_n take_v out_o of_o history_n 362_o xxii_o the_o time_n of_o elias_n his_o come_n 367_o xxiii_o certain_a principle_n tend_v to_o the_o acceleration_n of_o the_o glorious_a time_n of_o the_o church_n 370_o the_o first_o principle_n 371_o xxiv_o of_o luther_n conference_n with_o the_o devil_n touch_v the_o abrogate_a of_o the_o mass_n together_o with_o his_o night-vision_n of_o fly_a firebrand_n ibid._n xxv_o of_o the_o obnoxiousness_n of_o luther_n and_o other_o reformer_n 377_o the_o second_o principle_n 384_o xxvi_o of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v a_o true_a church_n 388_o xxvii_o that_o although_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o a_o true_a church_n yet_o it_o follow_v not_o but_o the_o reform_a church_n be_v 392_o the_o three_o principle_n 398_o xxviii_o of_o the_o use_n of_o the_o word_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n in_o counterdistinction_n to_o dry_a reason_n 402_o the_o four_o principle_n 403_o xxix_o how_o a_o man_n shall_v know_v that_o he_o have_v the_o spirit_n 404_o the_o five_o principle_n 409_o the_o six_o principle_n 412_o xxx_o how_o the_o church_n shall_v attain_v to_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o spirit_n ibid._n the_o seven_o principle_n 415_o xxxi_o how_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n may_v arrive_v to_o a_o state_n of_o vnprejudicateness_n 416_o the_o eight_o and_o last_o principle_n 417_o xxxii_o the_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n spirit_n for_o the_o rid_v we_o of_o sin_n why_o not_o so_o much_o insist_v on_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reformation_n 423_o xxxiii_o the_o true_a mean_n of_o unity_n in_o the_o church_n again_o glance_v at_o 426_o xxxiv_o the_o marvellous_a efficacy_n of_o faith_n in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n for_o the_o vanquish_a of_o sin_n 429_o xxxv_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n touch_v this_o doctrine_n of_o faith_n 430_o xxxvi_o of_o the_o duration_n of_o the_o glorious_a time_n of_o the_o church_n 434_o xxxvii_o the_o character_n of_o theomanes_n 435_o xxxviii_o theomanes_n his_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o thunder_n 440_o thirty-nine_o a_o brief_a explication_n of_o theomanes_n his_o vision_n 451_o xl._n the_o important_a vsefulness_n of_o theomanes_n his_o vision_n together_o with_o the_o justifiableness_n of_o his_o yield_n to_o such_o a_o impression_n 453_o xli_o philotheus_n prevail_v with_o to_o play_v a_o divine_a rhapsody_n to_o the_o theorbo_n 456_o xlii_o philopolis_n his_o mistake_n in_o prefer_v high_a contemplation_n before_o the_o useful_a duty_n of_o a_o practical_a life_n 461_o xliii_o his_o compliment_n to_o cuphophron_n and_o his_o friend_n with_o cuphophron_n return_n thereof_o upon_o philopolis_n 464_o finis_fw-la errata_fw-la sic_fw-la corrige_n page_n 9_o line_n 5_o read_v paradisiacall_a p._n 118._o l._n 9_o for_o but_o after_o r._n but_o upon_o p._n 157._o l._n 26._o r._n then_o this_o other_o p._n 188._o l._n 6._o r._n description_n p._n 207._o l._n 21._o r._n emissary_n power_n p._n 276._o l._n 21._o r._n prosperity_n also_o the._n p._n 309._o l._n 2._o r._n off_o of_o p._n 378._o l._n 21._o r._n spirit_n that_o p._n 380._o l._n 3._o r._n postilion_n in_o