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sadducie_a will_v change_v this_o proposition_n from_o it_o own_o proper_a native_a to_o infer_v that_o he_o be_v therefore_o whole_o save_v it_o shall_v be_v show_v he_o to_o the_o contrary_a in_o moses_n in_o the_o chapter_n go_v before_o where_o the_o sovereign_a judge_n say_v vengeance_n be_v i_o &_o i_o will_v repay_v it_o also_o vers_fw-la deu._n 32_o 3_o &_o 39_o vers_fw-la there_o be_v none_o that_o can_v deliver_v out_o of_o my_o hand_n thereupon_o may_v be_v say_v to_o a_o saducie_a that_o which_o experience_n constrain_v he_o to_o confess_v that_o god_n do_v not_o always_o execute_v vengeance_n in_o this_o life_n and_o therefore_o he_o must_v conclude_v that_o it_o be_v execute_v after_o this_o life_n else_o shall_v this_o text_n of_o moses_n be_v false_a and_o indeed_o this_o reason_n without_o any_o text_n of_o scripture_n move_v the_o very_a heathen_a to_o believe_v a_o judgement_n to_o come_v 12._o â—om_n 12._o also_o the_o former_a of_o these_o two_o place_n seem_v to_o saint_n paul_n so_o clear_a and_o manifest_a that_o he_o choose_v not_o any_o other_o to_o prove_v the_o judgement_n of_o god_n which_o this_o bishop_n will_v fain_o not_o find_v at_o all_o neither_o in_o moses_n nor_o else_o where_o i_o say_v in_o my_o writing_n that_o these_o five_o point_n be_v link_v unseparable_o together_o he_o maintain_v that_o of_o the_o four_o last_o i_o dare_v not_o so_o much_o as_o open_v my_o mouth_n the_o reader_n shall_v judge_v if_o there_o be_v not_o particular_a and_o distinct_a proof_n for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o and_o then_o he_o add_v that_o the_o question_n be_v not_o of_o the_o connexion_n that_o they_o have_v in_o themselves_o but_o of_o that_o they_o have_v in_o the_o mind_n &_o knowledge_n of_o vulgar_a and_o ordinary_a man_n 6.45_o â—ohn_n 6.45_o i_o answer_v that_o they_o have_v the_o same_o connexion_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o they_o that_o be_v teach_v of_o god_n as_o all_o the_o faithful_a be_v as_o they_o have_v in_o themselves_o for_o 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