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you_o shall_v die_v not_o that_o he_o shall_v lose_v his_o life_n but_o be_v keep_v alive_a in_o perpetual_a exquisite_a torment_n and_o will_v any_o one_o think_v himself_o fair_o deal_v with_o that_o be_v so_o use_v to_o this_o they_o will_v have_v it_o be_v also_o a_o state_n of_o necessary_a sin_v and_o provoke_a god_n in_o every_o action_n that_o man_n do_v a_o yet_o hard_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n death_n than_o the_o other_o god_n say_v that_o in_o the_o day_n that_o thou_o eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n thou_o shall_v die_v i._n e._n thou_o and_o thy_o posterity_n shall_v be_v ever_o after_o uncapable_a of_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o what_o shall_v be_v sinful_a and_o provoke_a to_o i_o and_o shall_v just_o deserve_v my_o wrath_n and_o
indignation_n can_v a_o worthy_a man_n be_v suppose_v to_o put_v such_o term_n upon_o the_o obedience_n of_o his_o subject_n much_o less_o can_v the_o righteous_a god_n be_v suppose_v as_o a_o punishment_n of_o one_o sin_n wherewith_o he_o be_v displease_v to_o put_v man_n under_o a_o necessity_n of_o sin_v continual_o and_o so_o multiply_v the_o provocation_n the_o reason_n of_o this_o strange_a interpretation_n we_o shall_v perhaps_o find_v in_o some_o mistake_a place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n i_o must_v confess_v by_o death_n here_o i_o can_v understand_v nothing_o but_o a_o cease_v to_o be_v the_o lose_n of_o all_o action_n of_o life_n and_o sense_n such_o a_o death_n come_v on_o adam_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n by_o his_o first_o disobedience_n in_o paradise_n under_o which_o death_n they_o shall_v have_v lie_v for_o ever_o have_v it_o not_o be_v for_o the_o redemption_n by_o jesus_n christ._n if_o by_o death_n threaten_v to_o adam_n be_v mean_v the_o corruption_n of_o 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frailty_n of_o this_o mortal_a life_n which_o shall_v end_v in_o the_o dust_n out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v make_v and_o to_o which_o he_o shall_v return_v and_o then_o have_v no_o more_o life_n or_o sense_n than_o the_o dust_n have_v out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v make_v as_o adam_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o paradise_n so_o all_o his_o posterity_n be_v bear_v out_o of_o it_o out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n all_o like_o their_o father_n adam_n in_o a_o state_n of_o mortality_n void_a of_o the_o tranquillity_n and_o bliss_n of_o paradise_n rom._n v._o 12._o by_o one_o man_n sin_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n but_o here_o will_v occur_v the_o common_a objection_n that_o so_o many_o stumble_v at_o how_o do_v in_o consist_v with_o the_o justice_n and_o goodness_n of_o god_n that_o the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n shall_v suffer_v for_o his_o sin_n the_o innocent_a be_v punish_v for_o the_o guilty_a very_o well_o if_o keep_v one_o from_o what_o he_o have_v no_o right_a to_o be_v call_v a_o punishment_n the_o state_n of_o immortality_n in_o paradise_n be_v not_o due_a to_o the_o posterity_n of_o adam_n more_o than_o to_o any_o other_o creature_n nay_o if_o god_n afford_v they_o a_o temporary_a mortal_a life_n '_o it_o be_v his_o gift_n they_o owe_v it_o to_o his_o bounty_n they_o can_v not_o claim_v it_o as_o their_o right_n nor_o do_v he_o injure_v they_o when_o he_o take_v it_o from_o they_o have_v he_o take_v from_o mank_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v their_o right_n or_o do_v he_o put_v man_n in_o a_o state_n of_o misery_n worse_o than_o not_o be_v without_o any_o fault_n or_o demerit_n of_o their_o own_o this_o indeed_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o reconcile_v with_o the_o notion_n we_o have_v of_o justice_n and_o much_o more_o with_o the_o goodness_n and_o other_o attribute_n of_o the_o supreme_a be_v which_o he_o have_v declare_v of_o himself_o and_o reason_n as_o well_o as_o revelation_n must_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v in_o he_o unless_o we_o will_v confound_v good_a and_o evil_a god_n and_o satan_n that_o such_o a_o state_n of_o extreme_a irremidiable_a torment_n be_v worse_a than_o no_o be_v at_o all_o if_o every_o one_o one_o sense_n do_v not_o determine_v against_o the_o vain_a philosophy_n and_o foolish_a metaphysic_n of_o some_o man_n yet_o our_o saviour_n peremptory_a decision_n matt._n xxvi_o 24._o have_v put_v it_o past_a doubt_n that_o one_o may_v be_v in_o such_o a_o estate_n that_o it_o have_v be_v better_a for_o he_o not_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v but_o that_o such_o a_o temporary_a life_n as_o we_o now_o have_v with_o all_o its_o frailty_n and_o ordinary_a misery_n be_v better_a than_o no_o be_v be_v evident_a by_o the_o high_a value_n we_o put_v upon_o it_o ourselves_o and_o therefore_o though_o all_o die_v in_o adam_n yet_o none_o be_v true_o punish_v but_o for_o their_o own_o deed_n rom._n ii_o 6._o god_n will_v render_v to_o every_o one_o how_o according_a to_o his_o deed_n to_o those_o that_o obey_v unrighteousness_n indignation_n and_o wrath_n tribulation_n and_o anguish_n upon_o every_o soul_n of_o man_n that_o do_v evil_a v_o 9_o 2_o cor._n v._o 10._o we_o must_v appear_v before_o the_o judgment-seat_n of_o christ_n that_o every_o one_o may_v receive_v the_o thing_n do_v in_o his_o body_n according_a to_o that_o he_o have_v do_v whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o bad_a and_o christ_n himself_o who_o know_v for_o what_o he_o shall_v condemn_v man_n at_o the_o last_o day_n assure_v we_o in_o the_o two_o place_n where_o he_o describe_v his_o proceed_n at_o the_o great_a judgement_n that_o the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n pass_v only_o on_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n such_o as_o neglect_v to_o fulfil_v the_o law_n in_o act_n of_o charity_n mat._n vii_o 23._o luke_n xiii_o 27._o mat._n xxv_o 42._o but_o here_o be_v no_o condemnation_n of_o any_o one_o for_o what_o his_o forefather_n adam_n have_v do_v which_o it_o be_v not_o likely_a shall_v have_v be_v omit_v if_o 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