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have_v this_o not_o to_o be_v in_o the_o quaker_n sense_n they_o call_v it_o a_o veil_n that_o be_v say_v he_o a_o garment_n in_o contradistinction_n to_o its_o be_v christ_n substance_n and_o of_o his_o nature_n p._n 262._o whereas_o its_o rather_o in_o contradistinction_n to_o its_o be_v his_o divine_a natnre_n or_o to_o its_o be_v in_o the_o first_o place_n or_o principal_o or_o chief_o christ_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n for_o who_o the_o body_n be_v prepare_v because_o he_o do_v pre-exit_a it_o or_o be_v in_o be_v before_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o that_o body_n even_o in_o his_o father_n glory_n before_o the_o world_n begin_v wherewith_o he_o be_v glorify_v however_o the_o veil_n which_o be_v christ_n flesh_n through_o which_o he_o set_v open_v the_o new_a and_o live_a way_n we_o never_o deny_v to_o be_v christ_n body_n or_o to_o be_v a_o real_a body_n but_o own_o it_o be_v and_o never_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v a_o fantastical_a body_n as_o i_o have_v often_o 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who_o meet_v in_o his_o name_n spirit_n and_o power_n who_o light_n and_o truth_n bring_v its_o follower_n unto_o his_o holy_a tabernacle_n psal._n 43._o 3._o and_o as_o to_o christ_n substance_n and_o nature_n what_o do_v our_o opposer_n mean_v thereby_o how_o have_v he_o distinguish_v in_o this_o point_n christ_n have_v in_o he_o a_o divine_a nature_n as_o well_o as_o that_o of_o man_n which_o he_o have_v also_o in_o the_o pure_a sense_n but_o which_o be_v the_o great_a be_v not_o the_o divine_a nature_n the_o deity_n in_o he_o great_a than_o the_o manhood_n as_o he_o say_v my_o father_n be_v great_a than_o all_o great_a than_o i_o john_n 10._o 29._o nevertheless_o as_o our_o great_a and_o only_a mediator_n and_o intercessor_n it_o be_v necessary_a he_o shall_v be_v man_n as_o he_o be_v the_o most_o glorious_a heavenly_a man_n and_o as_o the_o christ_n of_o god_n he_o be_v spiritual_o in_o we_o in_o his_o saint_n and_o member_n in_o some_o measure_n by_o his_o spirit_n light_n life_n 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christ_n body_n heaven_n such_o a_o one_o as_o his_o quaker_n ref._n p._n 40_o 41._o and_o thomas_n vincent_n and_o other_o his_o gross_a conceit_n may_v be_v see_v in_o his_o illustration_n about_o the_o resurrection_n note_v in_o our_o book_n entitle_v the_o christian_a quaker_n in_o folio_n 2d_o part_n p._n 161_o 162_o 163_o 164_o 165._o etc._n etc._n the_o most_o that_o ever_o i_o discourse_v of_o those_o our_o former_a adversary_n have_v hold_v the_o resurrection_n in_o that_o gross_a sense_n mention_v by_o t._n e._n except_o jer._n ives_n though_o a_o contentious_a adversary_n yet_o in_o that_o point_n more_o ingenuous_a than_o most_o of_o his_o brethren_n in_o those_o day_n at_o a_o public_a dispute_n between_o some_o of_o we_o and_o some_o baptist_n at_o chersey_n in_o surry_n when_o a_o question_n about_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n in_o heaven_n be_v ignorant_o obtrude_v by_o william_n burnett_n his_o brother_n jer._n ives_n in_o answer_n to_o my_o speak_n of_o christ_n various_a appearance_n as_o in_o divers_a form_n after_o he_o rise_v say_v what_o change_n or_o alteration_n his_o body_n may_v have_v we_o can_v determine_v nor_o what_o glory_n he_o be_v in_o for_o to_o inquire_v with_o what_o body_n the_o dead_a be_v raise_v be_v absurd_a christ_n ascend_v p._n 19_o 20._o now_o it_o be_v observable_a in_o our_o former_a controversy_n on_o this_o point_n the_o question_n put_v to_o we_o be_v not_o whether_o the_o saint_n shall_v come_v forth_o in_o the_o resurrection_n with_o their_o body_n of_o such_o a_o spiritual_a pure_a and_o heavenly_a extract_n as_o to_o be_v free_a from_o all_o carnality_n grossness_n dross_n husk_n and_o terrestrial_a quality_n even_o so_o as_o no_o more_o to_o be_v body_n of_o flesh_n blood_n and_o bones_o but_o pure_a ethereal_a or_o heavenly_a body_n like_v unto_o christ_n glorious_a body_n according_a to_o g._n k_n and_o his_o advocate_n confession_n i_o say_v this_o be_v not_o the_o question_n we_o controvert_v then_o 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