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other_o that_o seven_o day_n or_o seven_o thousand_o year_n or_o great_a sabbatism_n heb._n 4.9_o when_o all_o enemy_n king_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o their_o army_n be_v bring_v down_o and_o satan_n bind_v and_o saint_n as_o king_n and_o priest_n ascend_v the_o throne_n and_o peaceable_o reign_v rev._n 20_o 4_o 6._o 6._o be_v there_o to_o be_v building_n plant_v marry_v and_o give_v in_o marriage_n procreation_n enjoyment_n of_o liberty_n peace_n ease_n plenty_n in_o the_o new_a jerusalem_n new_a heaven_n and_o earth-state_n as_o be_v affirm_v from_o isai_n 65.21_o 33._o so_o also_o must_v be_v the_o thousand_o year_n where_o christ_n virtual_a presence_n be_v in_o that_o mystical_a resurrection-state_n for_o neither_o before_o nor_o after_o the_o thousand_o year_n shall_v there_o be_v such_o a_o state_n to_o the_o church_n therefore_o it_o must_v be_v in_o the_o thousand_o year_n after_o the_o thousand_o year_n be_v the_o judgement_n day_n corporeal_a resurrection_n and_o personal_a 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