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A16333 Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things death, iudgement, hell, and heauen. With an assises-sermon, and notes on Iustice Nicolls his funerall. Together with the life and death of the authour. Published by E.B. Bolton, Robert, 1572-1631.; Bagshaw, Edward, d. 1662. 1632 (1632) STC 3242; ESTC S106786 206,639 329

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majestas_fw-la est_fw-la dei_fw-la luxque_fw-la illa_fw-la deitasipsius_fw-la quam_fw-la inhabitare_fw-la deus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la ea_fw-la omnibus_fw-la est_fw-la inaccessa_fw-la &_o corporeis_fw-la oculis_fw-la invisibilis_fw-la ab_fw-la hac_fw-la majesta_fw-la te_fw-la verò_fw-la pro_fw-la bene_fw-la placito_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la dei_fw-la lumen_fw-la creatum_fw-la proficiscitur_fw-la quo_fw-la tota_fw-la vrbs_fw-la splendet_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la electis_fw-la etiam_fw-la communicato_fw-la efficit_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la plenè_fw-la &_o quas_fw-la fancy_n ad_fw-la faciem_fw-la cognoscant_fw-la zanch._n de_fw-fr coelo_fw-la beato_fw-la cap_n 4._o 4._o coelum_fw-la beatorum_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la lucidis●…imum_fw-la eóque_fw-la verus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la totum_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la luminosum_fw-la ac_fw-la splendidum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la firmamentum_fw-la varijs_fw-la ornatum_fw-la ●…ellis_fw-la eóque_fw-la alibi_fw-la lucidum_fw-la alibi_fw-la verò_fw-la non_fw-la it_o a_o lucidum_fw-la sed_fw-la totum_fw-la est_fw-la pellucidum_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la perindè_fw-la atque_fw-la si_fw-la totum_fw-la sit_fw-la quidem_fw-la sol_fw-la maximus_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la svo_fw-la ambitu_fw-la complectens_fw-la neque_fw-la lux_fw-la illa_fw-la est_fw-la similis_fw-la luci_fw-la stellarum_fw-la neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la generis_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la lux_fw-la verè_fw-la divina_fw-la licèt_fw-la creata_fw-la idcircò_fw-la quià_fw-la lux_fw-la est_fw-la alterius_fw-la generis_fw-la &_o lux_fw-la est_fw-la gloriae_fw-la non_fw-la penetrate_v huc_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la usque_fw-la oculis_fw-la tamen_fw-la corporeis_fw-la futuro_fw-la saeculo_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la videbitur_fw-la ide●…_n ibid._n ibid._n incomparabilitèr_fw-la clara_fw-la est_fw-la civitas_fw-la eterna_fw-la ubi_fw-la victoria_fw-la ubi_fw-la veritas_fw-la ubi_fw-la dignitas_fw-la ubi_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la ubi_fw-la vita_fw-la ubi_fw-la aeternitas_fw-la de_fw-fr vitâ_fw-la aeternd_a oh_o how_o brave_a how_o beautiful_a how_o glorious_a how_o glitter_a how_o gorgeous_a how_o admirable_a a_o city_n be_v this_o for_o if_o the_o gate_n be_v of_o pearl_n and_o the_o street_n of_o g●…ld_n then_o what_o be_v the_o inner_a room_n what_o be_v the_o dine_a chamber_n and_o what_o be_v the_o lodging_n room_n o_o how_o unspeakable_a be_v the_o glory_n of_o this_o city_n that_o king_n shall_v throw_v down_o their_o crown_n and_o sceptre_n before_o it_o count_v all_o their_o pomp_n and_o glory_n but_o as_o dust_n in_o respect_n of_o it_o and_o the_o magnificence_n and_o pomp_n of_o all_o the_o potentate_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v here_o be_v lay_v down_o and_o albeit_o none_o of_o the_o king_n and_o noble_n of_o the_o gentile_n may_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o old_a jerusalem_n yet_o all_o the_o gentile_n that_o believe_v shall_v be_v admit_v into_o this_o new_a jerusalem_n and_o make_v free_a denizen_n thereof_o for_o ever_o dent_n upon_o the_o rev._n i_o may_v tell_v you_o here_o of_o many_o other_o probable_a singularity_n about_o this_o celestial_a palace_n and_o that_o from_o the_o hand_n of_o some_o godly_a and_o learned_a divine_n to_o wit_n that_o this_o three_o heaven_n be_v not_o penetrable_a by_o any_o creature_n whereas_o the_o other_o two_o be_v passable_a by_o the_o gross_a body_n so_o that_o it_o be_v say_v to_o open_a to_o the_o very_a angel_n joh._n 1._o 51._o who_o though_o they_o be_v able_a to_o penetrate_v all_o thing_n under_o it_o yet_o be_v they_o no_o more_o able_a to_o enter_v that_o body_n than_o they_o be_v to_o pass_v into_o one_o another_o nature_n hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o three_o heaven_n give_v way_n to_o angel_n soul_n and_o body_n of_o man_n to_o enter_v in_o by_o miracle_n god_n make_v way_n by_o his_o power_n where_o nature_n yield_v no_o passage_n for_o it_o be_v without_o pore_n and_o can_v possible_o extend_v or_o contract_v itself_o into_o a_o large_a or_o straight_a compass_n that_o tertium_fw-la hoc_fw-la &_o summum_fw-la coelum_fw-la in_fw-la medio_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la corpus_fw-la solidum_fw-la sed_fw-la inest_fw-la aura_fw-fr aliquis_fw-la coelestibus_fw-la quae_fw-la supplet_fw-la defectum_fw-la aeris_fw-la corporibus_fw-la glorificatis_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la etsi_fw-la pori_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_fw-la nobis_fw-la tamen_fw-la porierunt_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la erit_fw-la haec_fw-la natura_fw-la coelestior_fw-la qu●…_n etiam_fw-la aeris_fw-la vicem_fw-la supplebit_fw-la ad_fw-la sermonem_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la enim_fw-la usuri_fw-la sumus_fw-la hebr●…â_fw-la linguâ_fw-la 1._o nam_fw-la natura_fw-la ibi_fw-la redibit_fw-la quae_fw-la primitùs_fw-la hanc_fw-la linguam_fw-la tenuit_fw-la 2._o confusio_fw-la linguarum_fw-la maledictior_fw-la fuit_fw-la and_o this_o aura_fw-fr coelestibus_fw-la say_v they_o shall_v maintain_v life_n eternal_o and_o be_v answerable_a to_o our_o constitution_n even_o as_o this_o atre_n be_v etc._n etc._n but_o as_o i_o will_v myself_o by_o no_o mean_n confident_o entertain_v so_o will_v i_o never_o ebtrude_v upon_o other_o any_o thing_n in_o this_o or_o any_o other_o divine_a point_n but_o that_o only_a which_o i●…_n ground_v either_o direct_o and_o immediate_o or_o by_o good_a and_o sound_a consequence_n upon_o gods_n sure_a word_n word_n who_o have_v not_o observe_v what_o labour_n practice_n peril_n blood_n shed_v cruelty_n the_o king_n and_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n have_v undergo_v exercise_v take_v on_o they_o and_o commit_v to_o make_v themselves_o and_o their_o issue_n master_n of_o the_o world_n s._n w_n raleigh_n raleigh_n restat_fw-la ergò_fw-la ut_fw-la svam_fw-la recipiat_fw-la cuique_fw-la mensuram_fw-la quam_fw-la vel_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o juventute_fw-la ●…msi_fw-la senex_fw-la est_fw-la mortuus●…_n vel_fw-la fuerat_fw-la habiturus_fw-la si_fw-la antè_fw-la est_fw-la defunctus_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n dei._n lib._n 22_o cap_n 15._o circa_n triginta_fw-la annos_fw-la desinierunt_fw-la esse_fw-la etiam_fw-la saeculi_fw-la huius_fw-la doctissimi_fw-la homines_fw-la juventutem_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n resurgent_fw-la omnes_fw-la tàm_fw-la magni_fw-la corpore_fw-la quam_fw-la vel_fw-la erant_fw-la vel_fw-la futuri_fw-la erant_fw-la in_o juvenili_fw-la aetate_fw-la idem_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 16._o quibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pro_fw-la nostro_fw-la modulo_fw-la consideratis_fw-la &_o tractatis_fw-la haec_fw-la summa_fw-la conficitur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o resurrectione_n carnis_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la eas_fw-la mensuras_fw-la habeat_fw-la corporum_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la quas_fw-la habebat_fw-la perficiendae_fw-la sive_fw-la perfectae_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la indita_fw-la corpori_fw-la ratio_fw-la juventutis_fw-la in_fw-la membrorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la omnium_fw-la modulis_fw-la congruo_fw-la decore_fw-la servatur_fw-la ibid_fw-la cap_n 20._o all_o the_o bodie●…_n of_o the_o elect_n shall_v arise_v in_o that_o perfection_n of_o nature_n whereunto_o they_o shall_v have_v attain_v by_o their_o natural_a temper_n and_o constitution_n if_o no_o impediment_n have_v hinder_v and_o in_o that_o vigour_n of_o age_n that_o a_o perfect_a man_n be_v at_o about_o three_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a each_o in_o their_o proper_a sex_n so_o say_v some_o worthy_a divine_a who_o name_n i_o forget_v to_o note_v when_o i_o take_v his_o say_v say_v a_o ssruere_fw-la licet_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la futurae_fw-la ità_fw-la vigere_fw-la &_o immutabilem_fw-la ac_fw-la inviolabilem_fw-la fore_fw-la ut_fw-la inessabili_fw-la quadam_fw-la dulcedine_fw-la suavitatis_fw-la totum_fw-la hominem_fw-la replete_a &_o omne_fw-la quod_fw-la alicujus_fw-la in_o se_fw-la vicissitudinis_fw-la mutabilitatis_fw-la aut_fw-la laesionis_fw-la suspicionem_fw-la praetendere_fw-la queat_fw-la procul_fw-la ar●…at_fw-la atque_fw-la repellat_fw-la anselm_n de_fw-fr simililitud_n cap._n 54._o 54._o immortalitas_fw-la sumitur_fw-la quadrifariam_fw-la pro_fw-la 1_o impotentia_fw-la moriendi_fw-la absoluta_fw-la &_o natura_fw-la sic_fw-la solus_fw-la deus_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la habet_fw-la 1_o tim._n 6._o 16._o 2._o impotentia_fw-la moriendi_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la creationis_fw-la sic_fw-la angeli_fw-la &_o animae_fw-la humanae_fw-la sunt_fw-la immortales_fw-la 3._o impotentia_fw-la moriendi_fw-la ex_fw-la gratia_fw-la doni_fw-la sic_fw-la coelum_fw-la novum_fw-la terra_fw-la nova_fw-la corpora_fw-la beatorum_fw-la immortalitatem_fw-la habebunt_fw-la 4._o potentia_fw-la non_fw-la moriendi_fw-la ex_fw-la aliqua_fw-la hypothesi_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sit_fw-la mortale_fw-la sic_fw-la homo_fw-la ante_fw-la peccatum_fw-la erat_fw-la immortalis_fw-la corpore_fw-la ex_fw-la hypothesi_fw-la unionis_fw-la cum_fw-la anima_fw-la originaliter_fw-la perfecta_fw-la immortali_fw-la immortali_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la igitur_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la praelibavimus_fw-la &_o sie_a iustùs_fw-la ortus_fw-la erit_fw-la ut_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la velit_fw-la terram_fw-la commovere_fw-la possit_fw-la anselm_n de_fw-fr similitud_n cap._n 52._o verùm_fw-la praestabunt_fw-la viribus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la supernis_fw-la viribus_fw-la associantur_fw-la civibus_fw-la in_fw-la tantum_fw-la ut_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la illis_fw-la quisquam_fw-la obs●…stere_fw-la valeat_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la movendo_fw-la quid_fw-la aut_fw-la evertendo_fw-la voluerit_fw-la a_o svo_fw-la statu_fw-la quin_fw-la illicò_fw-la cedat_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la quod_fw-la dicimus_fw-la majori_fw-la laborabunt_fw-la conatu_fw-la quam_fw-la nos_fw-la modò_fw-la in_o oculorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la motu_fw-la ne_fw-fr quaeso_fw-la similitudo_fw-la illa_fw-la angelorum_fw-la nostro_fw-la excidat_fw-la ab_fw-la animo_fw-la quam_fw-la adepturi_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la quatenus_fw-la si_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la forticudine_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o his_o quae_fw-la dictu●…i_fw-la sumus_fw-la ad_fw-la exemplum_fw-la non_fw-la occurrit_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsa_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la angelis_n
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