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for_o a_o time_n return_v to_o the_o dust_n and_o afterward_o be_v raise_v up_o again_o from_o the_o dust_n and_o so_o cast_v into_o hell_n torment_n which_o be_v the_o second_o death_n which_o imagination_n be_v very_o strange_a and_o beside_o it_o presuppose_v a_o resurrection_n without_o christ_n or_o else_o you_o must_v imagine_v that_o god_n intend_v in_o his_o say_n to_o adam_n thou_o shall_v die_v that_o his_o soul_n shall_v go_v into_o hell_n torment_n the_o second_o death_n and_o his_o body_n to_o the_o dust_n the_o first_o death_n which_o dagon-like_a image_n shameful_o fall_v before_o the_o ark_n of_o truth_n first_o because_o it_o render_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n the_o great_a of_o god_n gift_n to_o mankind_n who_o come_v not_o to_o condemn_v the_o world_n but_o that_o the_o world_n through_o he_o may_v be_v save_v john_n 3.17_o i_o say_v it_o render_v the_o come_n of_o christ_n to_o be_v the_o only_a cause_n of_o a_o horrible_a judgement_n without_o the_o least_o 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