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scripture_n we_o will_v take_v a_o view_n of_o your_o interpretation_n and_o here_o you_o say_v ☞_o ☞_o that_o adam_n do_v die_v the_o same_o day_n though_o he_o live_v nine_o hundred_o thirty_o nine_o year_n after_o and_o to_o make_v good_a this_o strange_a gloss_n of_o you_o you_o tell_v we_o that_o god_n do_v not_o prescribe_v any_o quantity_n of_o hour_n but_o have_v declare_v that_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v as_o one_o day_n in_o his_o account_n page_n 118._o i_o must_v indeed_o acknowledge_v that_o a_o day_n be_v take_v sometime_o for_o a_o year_n sometime_o for_o a_o great_a revolution_n of_o time_n as_o may_v be_v see_v
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liberty_n to_o return_v into_o the_o garden_n let_v we_o hear_v what_o ground_n you_o have_v for_o this_o god_n say_v you_o know_v well_o enough_o that_o adam_n have_v not_o lose_v his_o understanding_n nor_o his_o memory_n for_o he_o can_v tell_v the_o use_n of_o the_o tree_n and_o where_o it_o stand_v that_o shall_v have_v cure_v he_o of_o his_o deadly_a wound_n otherwise_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o have_v make_v so_o strong_a provision_n to_o prevent_v he_o page_z 111._o true_o indeed_o we_o read_v that_o the_o lord_n place_v at_o the_o east_n of_o the_o garden_n of_o eden_n cherubim_n and_o a_o flame_a sword_n which_o turn_v every_o way_n to_o keep_v the_o way_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n this_o provision_n in_o the_o general_n show_v that_o adam_n know_v the_o particular_a place_n where_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n stand_v and_o in_o general_a what_o be_v the_o use_n of_o the_o tree_n yet_o for_o all_o this_o he_o may_v be_v bereave_v of_o his_o spititual_a knowledge_n natural_a 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