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angel_n shall_v gather_v they_o and_o cast_v they_o into_o a_o furnace_n of_o fire_n ver._n 43._o and_o then_o shall_v the_o righteous_a shine_n forth_o as_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o their_o father_n without_o mention_n or_o notice_n of_o a_o intermediate_n judgement_n or_o state_n chap._n 19.28_o you_o who_o have_v follow_v i_o in_o the_o regeneration_n when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n shall_v fit_v in_o the_o throne_n of_o his_o glory_n you_o shall_v sit_v on_o twelve_o throne_n judge_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n and_o every_o one_o who_o have_v suffer_v for_o my_o sake_n shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_v and_o shall_v inherit_v everlasting_a life_n observe_v peter_n ver._n 27._o have_v ask_v our_o lord_n what_o reward_n they_o who_o have_v forsake_v all_o for_o his_o sake_n shall_v have_v therefore_o christ_n give_v the_o abovesaid_a answer_n but_o if_o he_o have_v intend_v or_o know_v of_o a_o immediate_a go_v to_o heaven_n of_o soul_n upon_o death_n of_o 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of_o god_n and_o he_o that_o deny_v i_o before_o man_n shall_v be_v deny_v before_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n chap._n 13.25_o when_o the_o master_n of_o the_o house_n have_v shut_v the_o door_n those_o knock_n without_o can_v come_v in_o but_o the_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n shall_v go_v to_o the_o place_n of_o weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n this_o seem_v the_o effect_n of_o a_o general_n judgement_n chap._n 10.14_o it_o shall_v be_v more_o tolerable_a for_o tyre_n and_o sidon_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n than_o for_o you_o ver._n 12._o more_o tolerable_a in_o that_o day_n for_o sodom_n than_o for_o that_o city_n chap._n 14.14_o call_v to_o thy_o feast_n the_o poor_a lame_a and_o blind_a and_o thou_o shall_v be_v bless_v for_o they_o can_v recompense_v thou_o for_o thou_o shall_v be_v recompense_v at_o the_o resurrecteon_n of_o the_o just_a this_o seem_v plain_o prove_v the_o resurrection_n to_o be_v the_o time_n and_o even_o the_o only_a time_n for_o expectation_n of_o 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in_o the_o heart_n by_o the_o natural_a inhabitant_n the_o affection_n and_o passion_n of_o it_o solomon_n be_v wise_a than_o so_o to_o be_v entangle_v prov._n 20.12_o say_v the_o hear_n ear_n and_o the_o see_a eye_n the_o lord_n have_v make_v even_o both_o of_o they_o seem_v a_o tacit_a confession_n that_o he_o know_v not_o how_o and_o eccles_n 8_o 17._o make_v a_o open_a confession_n that_o man_n can_v find_v out_o the_o work_n of_o god_n not_o those_o which_o be_v of_o thy_o world_n the_o wise_a of_o man_n can_v do_v it_o and_o my_o lord_n bacon_n among_o the_o wise_a of_o our_o naturalist_n tell_v we_o in_o his_o advancement_n of_o learning_n pag._n 200._o that_o a_o rational_a account_n of_o the_o soul_n can_v be_v expect_v from_o philosophy_n because_o the_o thing_n be_v supernatural_a and_o inspire_a whence_o it_o seem_v we_o seek_v in_o vain_a to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v or_o whence_o it_o be_v or_o where_o it_o be_v or_o why_o it_o be_v since_o we_o can_v know_v that_o it_o 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