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A47013 Maran atha: or Dominus veniet Commentaries upon the articles of the Creed never heretofore printed. Viz. Of Christs session at the right hand of God and exaltation thereby. His being made Lord and Christ: of his coming to judge the quick and the dead. The resurredction of the body; and Life everlasting both in joy and torments. With divers sermons proper attendants upon the precedent tracts, and befitting these present times. By that holy man and profound divine, Thomas Jackson, D.D. President of Corpus Christi Coll. in Oxford. Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.; Oley, Barnabas, 1602-1686. 1657 (1657) Wing J92; ESTC R216044 660,378 504

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at_o god_n command_n forget_v thy_o own_o people_n and_o thy_o father_n house_n so_o shall_v the_o king_n have_v pleasure_n in_o thy_o beauty_n for_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n reverence_n or_o worship_v he_o v_o 10_o 11._o and_o again_o psal_n 110._o wherein_o christ_n everlasting_a priesthood_n be_v confirm_v by_o oath_n it_o be_v say_v jehovah_n say_v to_o my_o lord_n adonai_n sit_v thou_o at_o my_o right_a hand_n until_o i_o make_v thy_o enemy_n thy_o footstool_n but_o may_v not_o the_o jew_n thus_o object_n that_o see_v our_o christ_n or_o their_o expect_a messiah_n be_v enstyle_v adonai_n not_o jehovah_n in_o these_o very_a place_n wherein_o his_o exaltation_n or_o supreme_a dominion_n be_v foretell_v that_o therefore_o he_o be_v not_o true_o god_n as_o jehovah_n be_v to_o this_o objection_n our_o saviour_n reply_n
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shall_v break_v in_o piece_n and_o consume_v all_o these_o kingdom_n and_o it_o shall_v stand_v for_o ever_o forasmuch_o as_o thou_o see_v that_o the_o stone_n be_v cut_v out_o of_o the_o mountain_n without_o hand_n and_o that_o it_o break_v in_o piece_n the_o iron_n the_o brass_n the_o clay_n the_o silver_n and_o gold_n the_o great_a god_n have_v make_v know_v to_o the_o king_n what_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v hereafter_o and_o the_o dream_n be_v certain_a and_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o sure_o to_o omit_v all_o question_n how_o christ_n kingdom_n here_o foretell_v be_v not_o erect_v till_o the_o roman_a monarchy_n be_v at_o the_o height_n shall_v destroy_v the_o babylonian_a the_o persian_a or_o the_o macedonian_a monarchy_n all_o which_o three_o be_v in_o the_o wane_n before_o the_o roman_a be_v crescent_a certain_a it_o be_v that_o the_o roman_a monarchy_n be_v at_o the_o height_n when_o christ_n ascend_v be_v to_o be_v destroy_v by_o he_o yet_o not_o destroy_v at_o his_o 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