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non_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sed_fw-la eae_fw-la demum_fw-la quae_fw-la translatae_fw-la sunt_fw-la sub_fw-la solium_fw-la gloriae_fw-la ut_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la hebraei_n sic_fw-la vocant_fw-la perfectissimum_fw-la statum_fw-la animarum_fw-la ante_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la vniversalem_fw-la and_o upon_o those_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o illa_fw-la martyrum_fw-la in_o caelum_fw-la evectio_fw-la potest_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dici_fw-la wherefore_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o not_o a_o political_a nor_o moral_a but_o a_o physical_a sense_n here_o in_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v acknowledge_v also_o by_o grotius_n but_o be_v it_o not_o more_o full_a easy_a and_o natural_a to_o take_v it_o in_o the_o proper_a physical_a sense_n than_o in_o this_o more_o maim_a and_o dwindle_a sense_n and_o to_o confess_v that_o this_o first_o resurrection_n be_v also_o a_o resuscitation_n of_o the_o soul_n into_o a_o perfect_a bless_a immortality_n by_o her_o union_n with_o a_o heavenly_a or_o glorify_a body_n and_o yourself_o also_o acknowledge_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a fitness_n in_o the_o thing_n that_o when_o the_o millennial_a state_n take_v the_o martyr_n shall_v receive_v some_o crown_n or_o triumphal_a honour_n in_o heaven_n and_o if_o then_o be_v their_o evectio_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la as_o grotius_n speak_v how_o fit_o do_v it_o fall_v in_o that_o they_o shall_v then_o be_v invest_v in_o heavenly_a body_n think_v serious_o on_o that_o heaven_n be_v the_o fit_a place_n for_o a_o heavenly_a body_n be_v it_o not_o but_o you_o will_v say_v if_o they_o be_v thus_o aforehand_o clothe_v with_o heavenly_a body_n this_o seem_v to_o anticipate_v the_o general_a day_n of_o judgement_n which_o our_o saviour_n luke_n 14.14_o emphatical_o call_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a till_o which_o time_n the_o crown_n or_o their_o be_v clothe_v with_o celestial_a body_n be_v a_o depostium_fw-la which_o s._n paul_n do_v not_o expect_v from_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o righteous_a judge_n till_o that_o day_n 2_o tim._n 4.8_o viz._n till_o the_o day_n of_o his_o appear_v as_o be_v say_v in_o the_o follow_a word_n of_o the_o text._n but_o to_o these_o two_o place_n of_o scripture_n i_o brief_o answer_v thus_o to_o the_o first_o that_o it_o rather_o imply_v a_o first_o resurrection_n distinct_a from_o the_o universal_a than_o contradict_v it_o for_o if_o it_o be_v mean_v of_o the_o day_n of_o the_o universal_a resurrection_n our_o saviour_n will_v rather_o have_v say_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a than_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a but_o there_o be_v suppose_v two_o distinct_a part_n of_o time_n the_o first_o when_o none_o but_o the_o just_a arise_v the_o other_o when_o both_o just_a and_o unjust_a the_o former_a of_o these_o will_v natural_o be_v call_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a by_o themselves_o as_o the_o other_o the_o universal_a resurrection_n or_o at_o large_a the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a which_o former_a part_n though_o it_o be_v most_o peculiar_a to_o the_o martyr_n yet_o other_o singular_o sanctify_a man_n and_o that_o have_v the_o deep_a dye_n of_o the_o christian_a spirit_n in_o they_o viz._n of_o humility_n and_o charity_n the_o fruit_n whereof_o our_o saviour_n commend_v in_o that_o place_n luke_n 14.13_o may_v commence_v coelicolae_fw-la at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o be_v invest_v with_o heavenly_a body_n though_o a_o man_n give_v all_o away_o to_o the_o poor_a and_o profess_v voluntary_a poverty_n himself_o or_o give_v his_o body_n to_o be_v burn_v and_o have_v not_o this_o spirit_n of_o humility_n and_o charity_n he_o be_v nothing_o esteem_v therefore_o they_o that_o excel_v in_o these_o may_v well_o with_o the_o martyr_n have_v a_o share_n in_o the_o first_o resurrection_n this_o be_v one_o solid_a way_n of_o answer_v that_o place_n of_o scripture_n but_o it_o may_v be_v also_o brief_o answer_v thus_o that_o the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o just_a
jerusalem_n be_v here_o upon_o earth_n to_o the_o three_o i_o say_v that_o that_o high_a expression_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o earth_n fly_v away_o or_o vanish_v from_o the_o face_n of_o he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n and_o that_o there_o be_v find_v no_o place_n for_o they_o be_v only_o to_o set_v out_o the_o exceed_a great_a glory_n of_o he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n that_o they_o can_v neither_o see_v earth_n nor_o the_o azure_a sky_n their_o eye_n be_v so_o fill_v and_o take_v up_o with_o the_o great_a resplendency_n and_o brightness_n of_o that_o light_n but_o the_o real_a stress_n of_o the_o argument_n if_o there_o be_v any_o in_o it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v a_o new_a heaven_n and_o a_o new_a earth_n after_o the_o conflagration_n which_o accompany_v the_o last_o judgement_n mention_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o ensue_a chapter_n but_o from_o what_o have_v be_v faid_fw-we to_o the_o second_o argument_n it_o be_v apparent_a that_o it_o be_v a_o mere_a lemmatosynechia_n that_o be_v the_o continue_v together_o of_o the_o vision_n in_o the_o outward_a cortex_fw-la of_o the_o apocalypse_n as_o if_o that_o be_v the_o very_a order_n of_o time_n in_o the_o thing_n they_o prefigure_v when_o it_o be_v quite_o otherwise_o in_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o the_o vision_n this_o be_v one_o part_n of_o the_o artifice_n of_o concealment_n affect_v by_o the_o apocalypse_n of_o which_o there_o be_v many_o instance_n as_o that_o chap._n 4.1_o where_o after_o the_o vision_n of_o the_o seven_o church_n john_n be_v bid_v to_o come_v up_o that_o he_o may_v be_v show_v what_o thing_n must_v come_v to_o pass_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d after_o these_o thing_n which_o lemmatosynechia_n have_v so_o impose_v upon_o some_o otherwise_o learned_a and_o of_o notable_a part_n that_o they_o have_v join_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o seal_a book-prophecy_n with_o the_o end_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o laodicea_n that_o also_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o lemmatosynechia_n chap._n 13.14_o where_o the_o two-horned_n beast_n be_v say_v to_o make_v a_o image_n to_o the_o beast_n that_o have_v the_o wound_n by_o the_o sword_n and_o do_v live_v as_o if_o the_o ten-horned_n beast_n in_o the_o immediate_o forego_v vision_n be_v mean_v which_o be_v a_o glib_a correspondency_n in_o the_o cortex_fw-la when_o the_o inward_a sense_n be_v otherwise_o but_o there_o be_v not_o a_o more_o elegant_a lemmatosynechia_n than_o that_o chap._n 11.9_o where_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a of_o the_o witness_n be_v dead_a be_v immediate_o place_v after_o the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n of_o their_o mournful_a prophesy_v when_o yet_o the_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a be_v the_o same_o time_n or_o synchronal_a to_o the_o twelve_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o day_n as_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o prove_v by_o impregnable_a argument_n i_o will_v only_o add_v one_o instance_n more_o chap._n 16._o v._n 18_o 19_o where_o the_o city_n be_v say_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o 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intend_v in_o the_o apocalypse_n which_o i_o call_v lemmatosynechia_n have_v produce_v that_o for_o a_o strong_a argument_n which_o the_o matter_n right_o understand_v have_v no_o strength_n in_o it_o at_o all_o to_o his_o four_o i_o answer_v that_o we_o be_v both_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o the_o 7._o and_o 8._o verse_n of_o chap._n 21._o respect_v the_o state_n of_o man_n to_o come_v after_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o lake_n of_o fire_n and_o the_o inheritance_n of_o heaven_n for_o i_o declare_v in_o my_o exposition_n that_o from_o the_o second_o verse_n to_o the_o nine_o be_v a_o brief_a description_n of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o second_o thunder_n to_o the_o last_o or_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o last_o reward_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o punishment_n of_o the_o wicked_a but_o as_o after_o a_o brief_a mention_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n chap._n 16._o v._n 19_o there_o be_v a_o large_a description_n of_o she_o and_o 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