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question_n let_v we_o remain_v content_a and_o labour_n with_o faith_n and_o patience_n with_o hope_n and_o charity_n to_o be_v make_v worthy_a to_o partake_v of_o those_o comfort_n after_o which_o when_o we_o have_v long_o inquire_v when_o at_o last_o we_o come_v to_o try_v what_o they_o be_v we_o shall_v find_v they_o much_o better_a and_o much_o otherwise_o than_o we_o imagine_v 3._o i_o be_o to_o admonish_v this_o also_o that_o although_o our_o bless_a saviour_n be_v in_o the_o creed_n say_v to_o descend_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o into_o hell_n so_o we_o render_v it_o yet_o this_o do_v not_o at_o all_o prejudice_n his_o other_o word_n this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradise_n for_o the_o word_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o signify_v indefinite_o the_o state_n of_o separation_n whether_o bless_a or_o accurse_a it_o mean_v only_o the_o invisible_a place_n or_o the_o region_n of_o 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which_o be_v in_o hades_n or_o in_o the_o state_n of_o separation_n so_o that_o if_o christ_n soul_n be_v in_o paradise_n he_o be_v in_o hades_n in_o vain_a therefore_o do_v s._n augustine_n torment_v himself_o to_o tell_v how_o christ_n can_v be_v in_o both_o place_n at_o once_o when_o it_o be_v no_o hard_a than_o to_o tell_v how_o a_o man_n may_v be_v in_o england_n and_o at_o london_n at_o the_o same_o time_n 4._o it_o be_v observable_a that_o in_o the_o mention_v of_o paradise_n by_o s._n john_n he_o twice_o speak_v of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n but_o never_o of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_a because_o this_o be_v the_o symbol_n of_o secular_a knowledge_n of_o prudence_n and_o skill_n of_o do_v thing_n of_o this_o world_n which_o we_o can_v natural_o use_v we_o may_v smell_v and_o taste_v they_o but_o not_o feed_v upon_o they_o that_o be_v these_o be_v no_o part_n of_o our_o enjoyment_n and_o if_o we_o be_v give_v up_o to_o the_o study_n of_o such_o notice_n and_o be_v immerge_v in_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n we_o can_v attend_v to_o the_o study_n of_o religion_n and_o of_o the_o divine_a service_n but_o these_o care_n and_o secular_a divertisement_n shall_v cease_v when_o our_o soul_n be_v place_v in_o paradise_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o care_n take_v for_o raise_v portion_n for_o our_o child_n nor_o to_o provide_v bread_n for_o our_o table_n no_o cunning_a contrivance_n to_o be_v safe_a from_o the_o crafty_a snare_n of_o a_o enemy_n no_o amazement_n at_o loss_n no_o fear_n of_o slander_n or_o of_o the_o gripe_n of_o publican_n but_o we_o shall_v feed_v on_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n love_v of_o god_n and_o long_n for_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n we_o be_v then_o all_o spirit_n and_o our_o employment_n shall_v be_v symbolical_a that_o be_v spiritual_a and_o holy_a and_o pleasant_a i_o have_v now_o make_v it_o as_o evident_a as_o question_n of_o this_o nature_n will_v bear_v that_o in_o the_o state_n of_o separation_n the_o spirit_n of_o good_a man_n shall_v be_v bless_v and_o happy_a soul_n they_o have_v a_o antepast_n or_o taste_v of_o their_o reward_n but_o their_o great_a reward_n itself_o their_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n shall_v not_o be_v yet_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v until_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o this_o be_v the_o three_o proposition_n i_o undertake_v to_o prove_v the_o consummation_n and_o perfection_n of_o the_o saint_n felicity_n shall_v be_v at_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o at_o his_o come_n so_o s._n john_n express_v the_o time_n that_o we_o may_v not_o then_o be_v ashamed_a for_o now_o we_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n but_o it_o do_v not_o yet_o appear_v what_o we_o shall_v be_v but_o we_o know_v that_o when_o he_o shall_v appear_v we_o shall_v be_v like_o unto_o he_o and_o see_v he_o as_o he_o be_v 1_o john_n 2._o 28._o 1_o john_n 3._o 4._o at_o his_o glorious_a appear_v we_o also_o shall_v appear_v glorious_a we_o shall_v see_v he_o as_o he_o be_v but_o till_o then_o this_o beatific_a vision_n shall_v not_o be_v at_o all_o but_o for_o the_o interval_n the_o case_n be_v otherwise_o tertullian_n affirm_v puniri_fw-la et_fw-la foveri_fw-la animam_fw-la interim_fw-la in_fw-la inferis_fw-la sub_fw-la expectatione_fw-la utriusque_fw-la judicii_fw-la in_fw-la quadam_fw-la usurpatione_fw-la et_fw-la candida_fw-la ejus_fw-la lib._n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la e._n lib._n adv._n martion_n the_o soul_n be_v punish_v or_o refresh_v in_o their_o region_n expect_v the_o day_n of_o their_o judgement_n and_o several_a sentence_n habitacula_fw-la illa_fw-la animarum_fw-la promptuaria_fw-la nominavit_fw-la scriptura_fw-la say_v s._n ambrose_n de_fw-fr bono_fw-la mortis_fw-la cap._n 10._o the_o scripture_n call_v these_o habitation_n the_o promptuary_n or_o repository_n of_o soul_n there_o be_v comfort_n but_o not_o the_o full_a reward_n a_o certain_a expectation_n support_v with_o excellent_a interval_n of_o joy_n refrigerium_fw-la so_o the_o latin_n call_v it_o a_o refreshment_n donec_fw-la consummatio_fw-la rerum_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la omnium_fw-la plenitudine_fw-la mercedis_fw-la expungat_fw-la tune_fw-la apparitura_fw-la coelesti_fw-la promissione_fw-la say_v tertullian_n until_o the_o consummation_n of_o all_o thing_n point_n out_o the_o resurrection_n by_o the_o fullness_n of_o reward_n and_o the_o appear_n of_o the_o heavenly_a promise_n so_o the_o author_n of_o the_o question_n ad_fw-la orthodoxos_fw-la quaest._n 75._o immediate_o after_o death_n present_o there_o be_v a_o separation_n of_o the_o just_a from_o the_o unjust_a for_o they_o be_v bear_v by_o angel_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o into_o the_o place_n they_o have_v deserve_v and_o they_o be_v in_o those_o place_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o keep_v unto_o the_o day_n of_o resurrection_n and_o retribution_n but_o what_o do_v they_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n how_o be_v it_o with_o they_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o say_v nazianzen_n orat_fw-la funebr_fw-la caesar_n fratris_fw-la they_o rejoice_v and_o be_v delight_v in_o a_o wonderful_a joy_n they_o see_v angel_n and_o archangel_n they_o converse_v with_o they_o and_o see_v our_o b._n saviour_n jesus_n in_o his_o glorify_a humanity_n so_o justin_n martyr_n ubi_fw-la suprà _fw-la but_o in_o these_o great_a joy_n they_o look_v forgreat_a they_o be_v now_o in_o paradiso_fw-la but_o they_o long_o that_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n may_v be_v in_o heaven_n together_o but_o this_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o resurrection_n and_o this_o whole_a affair_n be_v agreeable_a to_o reason_n and_o the_o analogy_n of_o the_o whole_a dispensation_n as_o it_o be_v general_o and_o particular_o describe_v in_o scripture_n for_o when_o the_o great_a effect_n of_o the_o divine_a power_n the_o mighty_a promise_n the_o hard_a thing_n to_o christian_a faith_n that_o impossible_a thing_n to_o gentile_a philosophy_n the_o expectation_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n the_o new_a creation_n when_o that_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v viz._n that_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v reinvest_a with_o their_o body_n when_o the_o ash_n of_o dissolve_a bone_n shall_v stand_v up_o a_o new_a and_o live_a frame_n to_o suppose_v that_o then_o there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o do_v in_o order_n to_o eternity_n but_o to_o publish_v the_o salvation_n of_o saint_n of_o which_o they_o be_v possess_v before_o be_v to_o make_v a_o great_a solemnity_n for_o nothing_o to_o do_v great_a thing_n for_o no_o great_a end_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o reasonable_a to_o suppose_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v a_o good_a argument_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o the_o 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