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punish_v both_o here_o and_o hereafter_o rev._n 1.18_o and_o according_o he_o threaten_v the_o corrupt_a church_n of_o asia_n that_o he_o will_v remove_v their_o candlestick_n and_o that_o he_o will_v fight_v against_o they_o with_o the_o sword_n of_o his_o mouth_n that_o he_o will_v come_v upon_o they_o as_o a_o thief_n and_o that_o he_o will_v spew_v they_o out_o of_o his_o mouth_n rev._n 2.5.3.16_o and_o chap._n 3._o vers._n 16._o all_o which_o be_v a_o sufficient_a proof_n that_o the_o punishment_n of_o offender_n both_o here_o and_o hereafter_o be_v commit_v to_o he_o as_o a_o branch_n of_o that_o royal_a authority_n with_o which_o he_o be_v invest_v by_o the_o father_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o which_o commission_n he_o many_o time_n chasten_v bad_a man_n in_o this_o life_n in_o order_n to_o their_o reformation_n and_o amendment_n for_o as_o many_o as_o i_o love_n say_v he_o i._n e._n wish_v well_o to_o i_o rebuke_v and_o chasten_v heb._n 3.19_o and_o many_o time_n he_o persecute_v they_o with_o exterminate_v judgement_n thereby_o hang_v they_o up_o in_o chain_n as_o it_o be_v as_o public_a example_n of_o his_o vengeance_n to_o warn_v and_o deter_v the_o world_n from_o tread_v in_o their_o impious_a footstep_n for_o so_o he_o threaten_v jezebel_n and_o her_o follower_n i_o give_v her_o space_n to_o repent_v of_o her_o fornication_n and_o she_o repent_v not_o behold_v i_o will_v cast_v she_o into_o a_o bed_n i._n e._n into_o a_o bedrid_a and_o irrevocable_a condition_n and_o they_o that_o commit_v adultery_n with_o she_o into_o great_a tribulation_n and_o i_o will_v kill_v her_o child_n with_o death_n and_o all_o the_o church_n shall_v know_v that_o i_o be_o he_o which_o search_v the_o reins_o and_o heart_n and_o i_o will_v give_v unto_o every_o one_o of_o you_o according_a to_o your_o work_n rev._n 2.21_o 22_o 23._o and_o though_o for_o wise_a and_o gracious_a end_n he_o oftentimes_o spare_v bad_a man_n in_o this_o life_n and_o sometime_o shine_v 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and_o lazarus_n wherein_o in_o the_o first_o place_n dives_n immediate_o after_o his_o death_n be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o great_a torment_n in_o hell_n and_o this_o while_o his_o body_n lie_v bury_v in_o the_o grave_n luk_n 16.22_o 23._o which_o be_v a_o plain_a argument_n that_o in_o all_o that_o interval_n between_o death_n and_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o body_n the_o soul_n of_o bad_a man_n abide_v in_o a_o state_n of_o torment_n for_o second_o this_o torment_n of_o dives_n soul_n in_o hell_n be_v then_o when_o his_o brethren_n be_v live_v upon_o earth_n and_o under_o the_o teach_n of_o moses_n and_o the_o prophet_n ver_fw-la 27._o and_o 28_o 29_o 30_o 31._o which_o show_v that_o our_o saviour_n suppose_v it_o to_o be_v at_o that_o very_a time_n when_o he_o deliver_v this_o parable_n and_o consequent_o he_o suppose_v all_o bad_a man_n who_o be_v then_o dead_a and_o who_o condition_n he_o represent_v by_o that_o of_o dives_n to_o be_v then_o in_o hell_n and_o there_o suffer_v 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in_o it_o and_o that_o death_n and_o hell_n i._n e._n the_o grave_n shall_v deliver_v up_o the_o dead_a which_o be_v in_o they_o rev._n 20.13_o all_o which_o expression_n according_a to_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o they_o from_o which_o without_o necessary_a reason_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o depart_v do_v plain_o import_v a_o resurrection_n of_o the_o same_o numerical_a body_n our_o resurrection_n therefore_o be_v a_o possible_a thing_n be_v as_o easy_a to_o a_o omnipotent_a power_n as_o christ_n be_v and_o therefore_o his_o resurrection_n be_v a_o most_o certain_a pledge_n of_o we_o since_o he_o rise_v as_o our_o common_a head_n and_o representative_a and_o consequent_o rise_v with_o the_o very_a same_o will_n and_o power_n to_o raise_v we_o which_o he_o have_v to_o raise_v himself_o have_v thus_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o fact_n viz._n that_o christ_n will_v raise_v we_o at_o the_o last_o day_n i_o proceed_v in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o fact_n how_o it_o be_v that_o he_o will_v raise_v we_o in_o treat_v of_o which_o i_o shall_v regulate_v myself_o by_o that_o account_n which_o the_o apostle_n give_v of_o it_o 1_o cor._n 1.5_o in_o which_o he_o have_v prove_v at_o large_a the_o truth_n of_o the_o resurrection_n from_o ver_fw-la 12._o to_o the_o 35th_o he_o come_v to_o answer_v a_o objection_n concern_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o but_o some_o man_n will_v say_v how_o be_v the_o dead_a raise_v up_o and_o with_o what_o body_n do_v they_o come_v in_o answer_n to_o which_o he_o give_v a_o large_a description_n of_o it_o and_o by_o the_o similitude_n of_o seed_n explicate_v the_o manner_n how_o it_o shall_v be_v perform_v till_o he_o come_v to_o ver_fw-la 42._o where_o he_o apply_v the_o similitude_n to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n so_o also_o be_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o then_o go_v on_o with_o a_o far_a enlargement_n on_o it_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o chapter_n so_o that_o this_o so_o also_o 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