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saint_n they_o congratulate_v one_o another_o and_o rejoice_v each_o at_o other_o reward_n and_o honour_n gualther_n esaiae_n the_o sum_n of_o all_o that_o shall_v be_v say_v by_o the_o prophet_n be_v this_o that_o the_o mede_n shall_v kill_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o his_o soul_n be_v cast_v down_o to_o hell_n among_o other_o tyrant_n to_o suffer_v everlasting_a torment_n this_o place_n have_v a_o evident_a testimony_n teach_v we_o that_o soul_n do_v not_o die_v with_o their_o body_n but_o be_v spirit_n immortal_a and_o gather_v into_o a_o place_n appoint_v for_o they_o the_o wicked_a to_o hell_n where_o utter_a darkness_n be_v and_o eternal_a weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n mollerus_n esaiâ—…_n in_o these_o verse_n be_v describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a which_o depart_v this_o life_n in_o their_o sin_n without_o repentance_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o story_n of_o the_o rich_a glutton_n lucae_n 16._o for_o as_o he_o be_v carry_v to_o hell_n so_o this_o tyrant_n 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