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18._o 5._o so_o in_o the_o parable_n luke_n 16_o there_o be_v only_o two_o place_n after_o death_n mention_v everlasting_a life_n wherein_o be_v abraham_n and_o lazarus_n and_o eternal_a damnation_n wherein_o be_v the_o glutton_n neither_o be_v there_o grant_v any_o passage_n from_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o 6._o christ_n at_o his_o come_n make_v only_o two_o flock_n to_o wit_n the_o bless_a and_o the_o damn_a matthew_n 25_o and_o christ_n say_v nothing_o of_o the_o purge_n of_o they_o which_o be_v of_o the_o mean_a sort_n betwixt_o the_o other_o two_o by_o purgatory_n whereas_o notwithstanding_o in_o that_o congregation_n of_o all_o man_n the_o three_o sort_n of_o man_n the_o good_a the_o bad_a and_o those_o of_o mean_a sort_n betwixt_o both_o shall_v all_o appear_v before_o the_o tribunal_n seat_n of_o christ_n 7_o so_o
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nothing_o therefore_o to_o the_o purpose_n 9_o the_o nazarite_n abstain_v from_o certain_a meat_n and_o drink_n numb_a 6_o 3._o ans_fw-fr 1._o the_o vow_n of_o the_o nazarite_n do_v belong_v to_o a_o certain_a abstinence_n for_o one_o set_v time_n but_o herein_o it_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o popish_a choice_n and_o difference_n of_o meat_n 2._o it_o be_v a_o leviticall_a ceremony_n which_o ought_v to_o cease_v among_o christian_n 3_o the_o law_n of_o nazarite_n do_v forbid_v the_o use_n of_o wine_n also_o which_o notwithstanding_o our_o adversary_n do_v retain_v in_o their_o fast_n 10._o the_o rechabite_v abstain_v from_o wine_n jer._n 35._o 6._o 10._o answ_n 1._o they_o do_v it_o not_o to_o merit_v the_o favour_n of_o god_n but_o they_o have_v receive_v a_o commandment_n from_o their_o father_n that_o they_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o abstain_v from_o drunkenness_n &_o the_o vice_n which_o follow_v drunkenness_n neither_o will_v their_o father_n prescribe_v a_o law_n to_o other_o 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