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A26981 A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1685 (1685) Wing B1338; ESTC R231645 1,057,080 615

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word_n which_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o utter_v 2_o 3_o 4._o i_o know_v a_o man_n that_o be_v act_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n above_o himself_o who_o above_o fourteen_o year_n ago_o whether_o bodily_a or_o only_o by_o mental_a ecstasy_n and_o rapture_n i_o know_v not_o god_n know_v be_v catch_v up_o to_o that_o place_n of_o glory_n call_v the_o three_o heaven_n and_o catch_v up_o there_o into_o paradise_n a_o place_n of_o joy_n and_o hear_v that_o which_o neither_o can_v nor_o must_v be_v utter_v be_v unsuitable_a to_o the_o ear_n of_o mortal_n and_o proper_a to_o possessor_n 5._o of_o such_o a_o one_o will_v i_o glory_v
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