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live_v again_o true_o indeed_o his_o dead_a body_n shall_v be_v raise_v up_o again_o but_o not_o to_o the_o resurrection_n of_o life_n this_o be_v the_o portion_n of_o god_n saint_n 5.29_o john_n 5.29_o they_o that_o have_v do_v good_a say_v our_o saviour_n shall_v come_v forth_o to_o the_o resurrection_n of_o life_n that_o be_v to_o a_o resurrection_n that_o have_v a_o eternal_a life_n follow_v it_o this_o be_v peculiar_a to_o they_o 14.14_o luke_n 14.14_o thence_o call_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a luk._n 14._o as_o for_o wicked_a man_n they_o have_v no_o share_n in_o it_o they_o shall_v also_o come_v forth_o of_o the_o grave_n but_o how_o why_o even_o as_o condemn_v malefactor_n be_v bring_v out_o of_o their_o prison_n and_o dungeon_n to_o the_o place_n of_o execution_n so_o shall_v they_o come_v forth_o of_o their_o grave_n not_o to_o the_o resurrection_n of_o life_n but_o of_o condemnation_n as_o it_o there_o follow_v they_o shall_v be_v raise_v up_o not_o unto_o that_o 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