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prolong_v any_o more_o by_o word_n be_v understand_v those_o thing_n which_o god_n promise_v to_o his_o people_n and_o in_o the_o new_a testament_n mat._n 24._o 35._o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o but_o my_o word_n shall_v not_o pass_v away_o that_o be_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o i_o have_v promise_v or_o foretell_v that_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o pass_v and_o in_o this_o sâ—…nse_n it_o be_v that_o st._n john_n the_o evangelist_n and_o i_o think_v st._n john_n only_o call_v our_o saviour_n himself_o as_o in_o the_o flesh_n the_o word_n of_o god_n as_o joh._n 1._o 14._o the_o word_n be_v make_v flesh_n that_o be_v to_o
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and_o last_o he_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n of_o peace-offering_a and_o the_o house_n be_v dedicate_v here_o be_v no_o procession_n the_o king_n stand_v still_o in_o his_o first_o place_n no_o exorcised_a water_n no_o asperge_n i_o nor_o other_o impertinent_a application_n of_o word_n speak_v upon_o another_o occasion_n but_o a_o decent_a and_o rational_a speech_n and_o such_o as_o in_o make_v to_o god_n a_o present_a of_o his_o new_a build_a house_n be_v most_o conformable_a to_o the_o occasion_n we_o read_v not_o that_o st._n john_n do_v exorcise_v the_o water_n of_o jordan_n nor_o philip_n the_o water_n of_o the_o river_n wherein_o he_o baptize_v the_o eunuch_n nor_o that_o any_o pastor_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o apostle_n do_v take_v his_o spittle_n and_o put_v it_o to_o the_o nose_n of_o the_o person_n to_o be_v baptise_a and_o say_v in_o odorem_fw-la suavitatis_fw-la that_o be_v for_o a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o the_o lord_n wherein_o neither_o the_o ceremony_n of_o hospital_n 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subject_a to_o a_o divers_a interpretation_n than_o the_o word_n of_o job._n and_o first_o there_o be_v the_o word_n of_o solomon_n ecclesiaste_v 12._o 7._o then_o shall_v the_o dust_n return_v to_o dust_n as_o it_o be_v and_o the_o spirit_n shall_v return_v to_o god_n that_o give_v it_o which_o may_v bear_v well_o enough_o if_o there_o be_v no_o other_o text_n direct_o against_o it_o this_o interpretation_n that_o god_n only_o know_v but_o man_n not_o what_o become_v of_o a_o man_n spirit_n when_o he_o expire_v and_o the_o same_o solomon_n in_o the_o same_o book_n chap._n 3._o ver_fw-la 20_o 21._o deliver_v the_o same_o sentence_n in_o the_o sense_n i_o have_v give_v it_o his_o word_n be_v all_z go_v man_n and_o beast_n to_o the_o same_o place_n all_o be_v of_o the_o dust_n and_o all_o turn_n to_o dust_n again_o who_o know_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n go_v upward_o and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o beast_n go_v downward_o to_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v none_o know_v but_o god_n nor_o be_v it_o a_o unusual_a phrase_n to_o say_v of_o thing_n we_o understand_v not_o god_n know_v what_o and_o god_n know_v where_o that_o of_o gen._n 5._o 24._o enoch_n walk_v with_o god_n and_o he_o be_v not_o for_o god_n take_v he_o which_o be_v expound_v heb._n 13._o 5._o he_o be_v translate_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o die_v and_o be_v not_o find_v because_o god_n have_v translate_v he_o for_o before_o his_o translation_n he_o have_v this_o testimony_n 〈◊〉_d he_o please_v god_n make_v as_o much_o for_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o body_n as_o of_o the_o soul_n prove_v that_o this_o his_o translation_n be_v peculiar_a to_o they_o that_o please_v god_n not_o common_a to_o they_o with_o the_o wicked_a and_o depend_v on_o grace_n not_o on_o nature_n but_o