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the_o which_o cause_n also_o we_o read_v that_o joseph_n of_o aramathea_n be_v commend_v for_o that_o kingdom_n of_o god_n which_o the_o same_o joseph_n look_v for_o be_v that_o consolation_n of_o israel_n which_o simeon_n wait_v for_o as_o we_o have_v note_v upon_o mat._n â—â—7_n math._n â—â—7_n c._n and_o as_o in_o this_o the_o piety_n of_o symeon_n appear_v that_o he_o comfort_v himself_o upon_o hope_n of_o the_o promise_v salvation_n even_o so_o at_o this_o day_n whosoever_o will_v show_v themselves_o to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n must_v continual_o desire_v the_o promise_a redemption_n and_o we_o must_v also_o note_n in_o this_o word_n consolation_n that_o without_o chryste_n there_o be_v mere_a desolation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v despair_n and_o the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v upon_o he_o c._n luke_n speak_v not_o of_o the_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n which_o belong_v to_o all_o the_o child_n of_o god_n though_o not_o alike_o but_o of_o a_o special_a manner_n of_o prophecy_n which_o 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to_o see_v death_n a._n to_o see_v death_n accord_v to_o the_o hebrew_a phrase_n signify_v to_o die_v r._n behold_v beer_n what_o a_o excellent_a gift_n be_v give_v unto_o symeon_n beyond_o all_o the_o patriarch_n and_o prophet_n for_o chryst_n be_v promise_v to_o the_o patriarch_n and_o his_o come_n be_v reveal_v unto_o the_o prophet_n yet_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v promise_v unto_o none_o of_o they_o that_o they_o shall_v see_v chryst_n in_o this_o world_n with_o their_o corporal_a eye_n although_o they_o greatelie_o desire_v the_o same_o but_o both_o happen_v to_o symeon_n bless_a be_v your_o eye_n say_v chryst_n because_o they_o see_v and_o your_o ear_n because_o they_o hear_v for_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o 17_o â—3_n 17_o many_o prophet_n and_o righteous_a man_n have_v
these_o word_n simeon_n geve_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o chryste_n be_v ordain_v of_o god_n that_o all_o people_n may_v enjoy_v his_o grace_n and_o that_o short_o after_o he_o shall_v be_v exalt_v on_o high_a that_o he_o may_v be_v see_v of_o all_o man_n and_o in_o this_o word_n he_o comprehend_v all_o the_o prophecy_n that_o have_v ben_fw-mi concern_v the_o enlarge_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o chryst_n wherefore_o if_o symeon_n embrace_a the_o tender_a infante_n in_o his_o arm_n can_v extend_v his_o mind_n unto_o the_o utmost_a end_n of_o the_o world_n that_o he_o may_v acknowledge_v his_o power_n to_o be_v present_a every_o where_n how_o much_o better_o ought_v we_o to_o think_v of_o he_o at_o this_o day_n now_o that_o he_o be_v make_v the_o salvation_n of_o the_o gentyle_n and_o have_v reveal_v himself_o to_o the_o whole_a world_n a._n chryst_n therefore_o be_v offer_v unto_o all_o people_n that_o all_o man_n may_v behold_v he_o as_o the_o only_a author_n of_o salvation_n c._n 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of_o those_o thing_n in_o the_o which_o i_o will_v appear_v unto_o thou_o deliver_v thou_o from_o the_o people_n and_o from_o the_o gentile_n unto_o who_o now_o i_o send_v thou_o to_o open_v their_o eye_n that_o they_o may_v be_v turn_v from_o darkness_n to_o light_n and_o from_o the_o power_n of_o satan_n unto_o god_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v forgevenes_n of_o sin_n 16_o act._n 26_o 16_o and_o inheritance_n among_o they_o which_o be_v sanctify_v by_o faith_n that_o be_v towards_o i_o therefore_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o gentile_n be_v their_o illumination_n and_o the_o open_v of_o their_o eye_n by_o which_o they_o see_v by_o which_o they_o see_v that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o darkness_n of_o sin_n and_o that_o they_o must_v flee_v unto_o chryst_n for_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o newness_n of_o life_n 42.6_o esa_n 42.6_o r._n but_o this_o part_n of_o the_o verse_n seem_v to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o chryst_n thus_o i_o have_v 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