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i_o say_v and_o willing_a rather_o to_o be_v absent_a from_o the_o body_n and_o to_o be_v present_a with_o the_o lord_n v._o 6_o 8._o i.e._n though_o we_o do_v leave_v our_o habitation_n we_o be_v well_o please_v with_o our_o condition_n because_o we_o shall_v be_v under_o the_o immediate_a care_n of_o he_o who_o at_o the_o last_o will_v brng_a we_o out_o of_o this_o exile_a state_n and_o restore_v we_o to_o our_o own_o habitation_n again_o hence_o the_o resurrection_n be_v speak_v of_o as_o our_o triumph_n over_o hades_n that_o receptacle_n or_o prison_n of_o separate_a soul_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d o_o hades_n where_o be_v thy_o victory_n 1_o cor._n 15.55_o the_o sea_n give_v up_o the_o dead_a which_o be_v in_o it_o and_o death_n and_o hell_n or_o hades_n deliver_v up_o the_o dead_a that_o be_v in_o they_o and_o death_n and_o hell_n or_o hades_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o lake_n of_o fire_n rev._n 20.13_o 14._o i.e._n death_n will_v deliver_v up_o our_o body_n which_o lie_v 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resurrection_n that_o the_o gospel_n speak_v of_o it_o be_v true_a the_o resurrection_n have_v most_o usual_o a_o respect_n to_o the_o body_n and_o do_v denote_v its_o leave_v its_o prison_n whither_o it_o be_v convey_v but_o beside_o this_o the_o holy_a scripture_n do_v speak_v of_o the_o resurrection_n with_o a_o respect_n to_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o alteration_n of_o its_o state_n when_o it_o shall_v of_o a_o separate_a spirit_n become_v embody_v a_o second_o time_n i.e._n when_o it_o shall_v be_v bring_v out_o of_o its_o confinement_n and_o return_v to_o its_o own_o habitation_n this_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o that_o place_n where_o the_o sadducee_n be_v say_v to_o have_v deny_v the_o resurrection_n i.e._n they_o be_v as_o be_v plain_a from_o our_o saviour_n answer_n persuade_v that_o death_n do_v as_o well_o reduce_v the_o soul_n to_o nothing_o as_o the_o body_n to_o dust_n and_o that_o since_o after_o death_n there_o be_v no_o part_n of_o we_o remain_v alive_a there_o be_v 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