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be_v lay_v up_o for_o good_a man_n in_o hades_n and_o torment_v which_o betide_v evil_a man_n in_o tartarus_n and_o therefore_o will_v have_v the_o phrase_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o relation_n to_o our_o saviour_n to_o signify_v his_o go_n into_o paradise_n and_o enter_v into_o the_o joy_n of_o his_o lord_n because_o it_o can_v not_o be_v suppose_v that_o the_o soul_n of_o so_o just_a a_o person_n shall_v after_o death_n go_v to_o any_o other_o place_n than_o paradise_n where_o the_o thief_n be_v to_o meet_v he_o the_o very_a day_n of_o his_o crucifixion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d when_o the_o soul_n of_o our_o saviour_n leave_v his_o body_n it_o forsake_v this_o world_n and_o straight_o way_n go_v to_o the_o saint_n which_o sleep_v from_o the_o beginning_n but_o though_o i_o confess_v the_o argument_n of_o this_o very_a learned_a man_n do_v not_o convince_v i_o that_o our_o saviour_n do_v not_o descend_v into_o hell_n because_o suppose_v christ_n have_v no_o 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