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at_o the_o door_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o to_o have_v talk_v with_o moses_n there_o you_o see_v motion_n and_o speech_n which_o be_v common_o attribute_v to_o angel_n attribute_v to_o a_o cloud_n because_o the_o cloud_n serve_v as_o a_o sign_n of_o god_n preâ—…ence_n and_o be_v no_o less_o a_o angel_n then_o if_o it_o have_v have_v the_o form_n of_o a_o man_n or_o child_n of_o never_o so_o great_a beauty_n or_o wing_n as_o usual_o they_o be_v paint_v for_o the_o false_a instruction_n of_o common_a people_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o shape_n but_o their_o use_n that_o make_v they_o angel_n but_o their_o use_n be_v to_o be_v signification_n of_o god_n presence_n in_o supernatural_a operation_n as_o when_o moses_n exod._n 33._o 14._o have_v desire_v god_n to_o go_v along_o with_o the_o camp_n as_o he_o have_v do_v always_o before_o the_o make_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n god_n do_v not_o answer_v i_o will_v go_v nor_o i_o will_v send_v a_o angel_n in_o my_o stead_n but_o thus_o my_o presence_n shall_v go_v 〈◊〉_d thou_o to_o mention_v all_o the_o place_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n where_o the_o name_n of_o angel_n be_v find_v will_v be_v too_o long_o therefore_o to_o comprehend_v they_o all_o at_o once_o i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o text_n in_o that_o part_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n which_o the_o church_n of_o england_n hold_v for_o canonical_a from_o which_o we_o can_v conclude_v there_o be_v or_o have_v be_v create_v any_o permanent_a thing_n understand_v by_o the_o name_n of_o spirit_n or_o angel_n that_o have_v not_o quantity_n and_o that_o may_v not_o be_v by_o the_o understanding_n divide_v that_o be_v to_o say_v consider_v by_o part_n so_o as_o one_o part_n may_v be_v in_o one_o place_n and_o the_o next_o part_n in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o it_o and_o in_o sum_n which_o be_v not_o take_v body_n for_o that_o which_o be_v some_o what_o or_o some_o where_o corporeal_a but_o in_o every_o place_n the_o sense_n will_v bear_v the_o interpretation_n of_o 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servant_n by_o name_n which_o be_v useful_a only_o to_o the_o short_a memory_n of_o mortal_n nor_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n be_v there_o any_o place_n out_o of_o which_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o angel_n except_o when_o they_o be_v put_v for_o such_o man_n as_o god_n have_v make_v the_o messenger_n and_o minister_n of_o his_o word_n or_o work_n be_v thing_n permanent_a and_o withal_o incorporeal_a that_o they_o be_v permanent_a may_v be_v gather_v from_o the_o word_n of_o our_o saviour_n himself_o mat._n 25._o 41._o where_o he_o say_v it_o shall_v be_v say_v to_o the_o wicked_a in_o the_o last_o day_n go_v you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n which_o place_n be_v manifest_a for_o the_o permanence_n of_o evil_a angel_n unless_o we_o may_v think_v the_o name_n of_o devil_n and_o his_o angel_n may_v be_v understand_v of_o the_o church_n adversary_n and_o their_o minister_n but_o than_o it_o be_v repugnant_a to_o their_o 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nature_n of_o dream_n and_o vision_n that_o happen_v to_o man_n by_o the_o ordinary_a way_n of_o nature_n i_o be_v incline_v to_o this_o opinion_n that_o angel_n be_v nothing_o but_o supernatural_a apparition_n of_o the_o fancy_n raise_v by_o the_o special_a and_o extraordinary_a operation_n of_o god_n thereby_o to_o make_v his_o presence_n and_o commandment_n know_v to_o mankind_n and_o chief_o to_o his_o own_o people_n but_o the_o many_o place_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o our_o saviour_n own_o word_n and_o in_o such_o text_n wherein_o be_v no_o suspicion_n of_o corruption_n of_o the_o scripture_n have_v extort_a from_o my_o feeble_a reason_n a_o acknowledgement_n and_o belief_n that_o there_o be_v also_o angel_n substantial_a and_o permanent_a but_o to_o believe_v they_o be_v in_o no_o place_n that_o be_v to_o say_v no_o where_o that_o be_v to_o say_v nothing_o as_o they_o though_o indirect_o say_v that_o will_v have_v they_o incorporeal_a can_v by_o scripture_n be_v evince_v 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for_o the_o uncleanness_n nor_o the_o application_n of_o that_o scripture_n for_o the_o levity_n can_v by_o any_o authority_n of_o man_n be_v justify_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o soul_n separate_v from_o the_o body_n live_v grace_n eternal_o not_o only_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o elect_n by_o especial_a grace_n and_o restauration_n of_o the_o eternal_a life_n which_o adam_n lose_v by_o sin_n and_o our_o saviour_n restore_v by_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o himself_o to_o the_o faithful_a but_o also_o the_o soul_n of_o reprobate_n as_o a_o property_n natural_o consequent_a to_o the_o essence_n of_o mankind_n without_o other_o grace_n of_o god_n but_o that_o which_o be_v universal_o give_v to_o all_o mankind_n there_o be_v divers_a place_n which_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n seem_v sufficient_o to_o serve_v the_o turn_n but_o such_o as_o when_o i_o compare_v they_o with_o that_o which_o i_o have_v before_o chapter_n 38._o allege_v out_o of_o the_o 14_o of_o job_n seem_v to_o i_o much_o more_o subject_a to_o a_o divers_a interpretation_n than_o the_o word_n of_o job._n and_o first_o there_o be_v the_o word_n of_o solomon_n ecclesiaste_v 12._o 7._o then_o shall_v the_o dust_n return_v to_o dust_n as_o it_o be_v and_o the_o spirit_n shall_v return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o which_o may_v bear_v well_o enough_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o text_n direct_o against_o it_o this_o interpretation_n that_o god_n only_o know_v but_o man_n not_o what_o become_v of_o a_o man_n spirit_n when_o he_o expire_v and_o the_o same_o solomon_n in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 3._o ver_fw-la 20_o 21._o deliver_v the_o same_o sentence_n in_o the_o sense_n i_o have_v give_v it_o his_o word_n be_v all_z go_v man_n and_o beast_n to_o the_o same_o place_n all_o be_v of_o the_o dust_n and_o all_o turn_n to_o dust_n again_o who_o know_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n go_v upward_o and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o beast_n go_v downward_o to_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v none_o know_v but_o god_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o unusual_a phrase_n to_o say_v of_o thing_n we_o understand_v not_o god_n know_v what_o and_o god_n know_v where_o that_o of_o gen._n 5._o 24._o enoch_n walk_v with_o god_n and_o he_o be_v not_o for_o god_n take_v he_o which_o be_v expound_v heb._n 13._o 5._o he_o be_v translate_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o die_v and_o be_v not_o find_v because_o god_n have_v translate_v he_o for_o before_o his_o translation_n he_o have_v this_o testimony_n 〈◊〉_d he_o please_v god_n make_v as_o much_o for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o body_n as_o of_o the_o soul_n prove_v that_o this_o his_o translation_n be_v peculiar_a to_o they_o that_o please_v god_n not_o common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o wicked_a and_o depend_v on_o grace_n not_o on_o nature_n but_o
on_o the_o contrary_a what_o interpretation_n shall_v we_o give_v beside_o the_o literal_a sense_n of_o the_o word_n of_o solomon_n eccles._n 3._o 19_o that_o which_o befall_v the_o son_n of_o man_n befall_v beast_n even_o one_o thing_n befall_v they_o as_o the_o one_o die_v so_o do_v the_o other_o yea_o they_o have_v all_o one_o breath_n one_o spirit_n so_o that_o a_o man_n have_v no_o praeeminence_n above_o a_o beast_n for_o all_o be_v vanity_n by_o the_o literal_a sense_n here_o be_v no_o natural_a immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n nor_o yet_o any_o repugnancy_n with_o the_o life_n eternal_a which_o the_o elect_n shall_v enjoy_v by_o grace_n and_o chap._n 4._o ver_fw-la 3._o better_a be_v he_o that_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v than_o both_o they_o that_o be_v than_o they_o that_o live_v or_o have_v live_v which_o if_o the_o soul_n of_o all_o they_o that_o have_v live_v be_v immortal_a be_v a_o hard_a say_n for_o then_o to_o have_v a_o immortal_a soul_n be_v worse_o than_o to_o have_v 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he_o will_v that_o have_v the_o heart_n of_o all_o man_n in_o his_o dispose_n that_o work_v in_o man_n both_o to_o do_v and_o to_o will_v and_o without_o who_o free_a gift_n a_o man_n have_v neither_o inclination_n to_o good_a nor_o repentance_n of_o evil_a shall_v punish_v man_n transgression_n without_o any_o end_n of_o time_n and_o with_o all_o the_o extremity_n of_o torture_n that_o man_n can_v imagine_v and_o more_o we_o be_v therefore_o to_o consider_v what_o the_o meaning_n be_v of_o everlasting_a fire_n and_o other_o the_o like_a phrase_n of_o scripture_n i_o have_v show_v already_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n by_o christ_n begin_v at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n that_o in_o that_o day_n the_o faithful_a shall_v rise_v again_o with_o glorious_a and_o spiritual_a body_n and_o be_v his_o subject_n in_o that_o his_o kingdom_n which_o shall_v be_v eternal_a that_o they_o shall_v neither_o marry_v nor_o be_v give_v in_o marriage_n nor_o eat_v and_o drink_v as_o they_o do_v 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in_o shall_v marry_v and_o be_v give_v in_o marriage_n that_o be_v corrupt_v and_o generate_v successive_o which_o be_v a_o immortality_n of_o the_o kind_a but_o not_o of_o the_o person_n of_o man_n they_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v count_v among_o they_o that_o shall_v obtain_v the_o next_o world_n and_o a_o absolute_a resurrection_n from_o the_o dead_a but_o only_o a_o short_a time_n as_o inmate_n of_o that_o world_n and_o to_o the_o end_n only_o to_o receive_v condign_a punishment_n for_o their_o contumacy_n the_o elect_n be_v the_o only_a child_n of_o the_o resurrection_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o sole_a heir_n of_o eternal_a life_n they_o only_o can_v die_v no_o more_o it_o be_v they_o that_o be_v equal_a to_o the_o angel_n and_o that_o be_v the_o child_n of_o god_n
redemption_n church_n the_o lord_n house_n ecclesia_fw-la proper_o what_o act_n 19_o 39_o in_o what_o sense_n the_o church_n be_v one_o person_n church_n define_v a_o christian_a commonwealth_n and_o a_o church_n all_o one_o the_o sovereign_a right_n of_o abraham_n abraham_n have_v the_o sole_a power_n of_o order_v the_o religion_n of_o his_o own_o people_n no_o pretence_n of_o private_a spirit_n against_o the_o religion_n of_o abraham_n abraham_n sole_a judge_n and_o interpreter_n of_o what_o god_n speak_v the_o authority_n of_o moses_n whereon_o ground_v john_n 5._o 31._o moses_n be_v under_o god_n sovereign_a of_o the_o jew_n all_o his_o own_o time_n though_o aaron_n have_v the_o priesthood_n all_o spirit_n be_v subordinate_a to_o the_o spirit_n of_o moses_n after_o moses_n the_o sovereignty_n be_v in_o the_o high_a priest_n of_o the_o sovereign_a power_n between_o the_o time_n of_o joshua_n and_o of_o saul_n of_o the_o right_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n the_o practice_n of_o 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