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import_v the_o grave_a say_v alphonsus_n mendoza_n the_o jesuite_n pineda_n commend_v one_o 2._o cyprian_n a_o cistercian_n monk_n as_o a_o man_n famous_a for_o learning_n and_o piety_n yet_o hold_v he_o worthy_a to_o be_v censure_v for_o affirm_v that_o sheol_n or_o hell_n be_v in_o all_o the_o old_a testament_n take_v for_o the_o grave_a another_o croak_a monk_n crocquet_n they_o call_v he_o cry_v out_o on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o we_o shall_v 19_o never_o be_v able_a to_o prove_v by_o the_o produce_v of_o as_o much_o as_o one_o place_n of_o scripture_n that_o sheol_n do_v signify_v the_o grave_a cardinal_n bellarmine_n be_v a_o little_a and_o but_o a_o very_a little_a more_o modest_a herein_o the_o hebrew_n sheol_n he_o say_v 10._o be_v ordinary_o take_v for_o the_o place_n of_o soul_n under_o the_o earth_n and_o either_o rare_o or_o never_o for_o the_o grave_n but_o the_o greek_a 12_o word_n hades_n always_o signify_v hell_n never_o the_o grave_n but_o stapleton_n will_v 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21.13_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v the_o grave_n in_o steed_n thereof_o five_o several_a time_n in_o ecclesiastes_n the_o word_n come_v but_o 9.10_o once_o &_o there_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrast_n render_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o house_n of_o the_o grave_n r._n joseph_n coecus_n do_v the_o like_a in_o his_o paraphrase_n upon_o psalm_n 31.17_o and_o 89.48_o in_o psalm_n 141.7_o he_o render_v it_o by_o the_o simple_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o grave_n but_o in_o the_o 15._o and_o 16._o verse_n of_o the_o 49._o psalm_n by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o gehenna_n and_o only_o there_o and_o in_o cantic_a 8.6_o be_v sheol_n in_o the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n expound_v by_o gehenna_n whereby_o if_o we_o shall_v understand_v the_o place_n not_o of_o dead_a body_n as_o in_o that_o place_n of_o the_o psalm_n the_o paraphrast_n make_v express_v mention_n of_o the_o chald._n body_n wax_v old_a or_o 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