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against_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n but_o because_o i_o shall_v hasten_v to_o the_o conclusion_n i_o shall_v wave_v all_o long_a circumlocution_n and_o in_o short_a say_v as_o beforesaid_a that_o elijah_n or_o elias_n be_v yet_o to_o come_v before_o the_o great_a and_o dreadful_a day_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o turn_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o child_n who_o be_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o two_o prophet_n or_o witness_n to_o establish_v the_o remnant_n of_o the_o woman_n seed_n namely_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n which_o remain_v in_o the_o city_n after_o the_o woman_n flight_n into_o the_o wilderness_n object_n but_o against_o this_o be_v object_v from_o the_o word_n of_o christ_n that_o elias_n be_v already_o come_v which_o be_v john_n the_o baptist_n mat._n 11.14_o mark_v 9.11_o 12_o 13._o luke_n 1.16_o 17._o answ_n that_o john_n the_o baptist_n be_v a_o forerunner_n of_o christ_n in_o his_o first_o day_n be_v not_o deny_v and_o that_o he_o come_v in_o the_o 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enjoy_v what_o god_n give_v he_o even_o so_o in_o the_o resurrection_n when_o that_o dust_n be_v raise_v by_o god_n and_o every_o bone_n and_o member_n in_o its_o proper_a place_n then_o shall_v god_n give_v forth_o the_o same_o breath_n of_o life_n again_o into_o every_o man_n and_o so_o they_o shall_v be_v thereby_o capable_a to_o receive_v according_a to_o what_o they_o have_v do_v in_o the_o body_n whether_o it_o be_v good_a or_o whether_o it_o be_v evil_a and_o to_o this_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n bear_v witness_n in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n and_o so_o i_o leave_v this_o subject_a and_o come_v to_o the_o next_o which_o be_v god_n love_n to_o the_o whole_a