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shall_v not_o again_o return_v into_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o they_o be_v first_o make_v but_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o harden_v ad_fw-la poenam_fw-la as_o to_o subsist_v under_o everlasting_a torment_n but_o the_o body_n of_o the_o godly_a shall_v be_v so_o strengthen_v as_o to_o receive_v a_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n 2._o our_o body_n be_v sow_o in_o dishonour_n but_o shall_v be_v raise_v again_o in_o glory_n when_o we_o be_v dead_a though_o in_o our_o life_n time_n our_o body_n be_v make_v so_o come_v y_fw-mi and_o favourable_a yet_o than_o they_o be_v change_v and_o subject_a to_o putrefaction_n so_o that_o we_o can_v endure_v to_o have_v they_o long_o above_o the_o ground_n unburied_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o unsavaory_n smell_v that_o come_v from_o they_o and_o you_o may_v read_v that_o abraham_n buy_v a_o field_n to_o bury_v his_o dead_a gen._n chap._n 23._o verse_n 4._o but_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v we_o shall_v be_v as_o the_o sun_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o 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