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12._o they_o and_o they_o only_a rise_v from_o that_o base_a and_o miserable_a estate_n and_o condition_n of_o all_o mankind_n unto_o the_o glory_n grace_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n 23._o god_n ephes_n 1._o 22._o 23._o therefore_o these_o cherubim_n be_v place_v at_o the_o east_n of_o eden_n 17._o eden_n ephes_n 1._o 18._o to_o 22._o rom._n 8._o 16._o 17._o with_o the_o flâ—me_n of_o a_o sword_n turn_v or_o change_v as_o the_o word_n be_v for_o the_o hebrew_n word_n ceshaph_n signify_v turn_v or_o change_v or_o transform_v of_o one_o thing_n into_o another_o the_o word_n also_o translate_v glister_n or_o flame_v as_o a_o fire_n or_o sword_n allude_v unto_o have_v the_o signification_n of_o secret_a or_o close_a conveyance_n as_o in_o secret_a sleight_n of_o juggle_a whereby_o man_n have_v their_o sense_n so_o dazzle_v that_o they_o can_v perceive_v nor_o find_v out_o the_o 24._o the_o gen_n 3._o 24._o motion_n or_o translate_n of_o thing_n for_o these_o namely_o the_o 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according_a to_o that_o glorious_a translation_n and_o mutual_a communication_n betwixt_o god_n and_o man_n in_o he_o they_o devise_v invent_v conjecture_n and_o search_v out_o all_o way_n and_o mean_n according_a to_o the_o art_n and_o wisdom_n of_o man_n in_o whatsoever_o the_o imagination_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n after_o the_o cunning_a slight_n and_o device_n of_o satan_n can_v possible_o bring_v forth_o unto_o itself_o 16._o itself_o 2_o cor._n 11._o 3._o col._n 2._o 14._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 14._o 18._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 16._o to_o dignify_v and_o set_v up_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o unto_o himself_o and_o hence_o arise_v all_o that_o enchantment_n
immortality_n that_o which_o be_v momentany_a and_o that_o which_o endure_v foe_n ever_o 2._o ever_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 43_o 44._o joh._n 1._o 1_o 2._o be_v become_v one_o individual_a subsistence_n in_o christ_n so_o that_o without_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v not_o 33._o not_o isai_n 9_o 6_o 7._o luke_n 1._o 31_o 32_o 33._o therefore_o he_o that_o can_v behold_v his_o own_o infirmity_n and_o frailty_n and_o yet_o not_o perceive_v how_o the_o son_n of_o god_n that_o know_v no_o infirmity_n take_v his_o be_v from_o they_o unto_o his_o humiliation_n and_o death_n 18._o death_n isai_n 53._o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 2_o cor._n 4._o 10._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 18._o that_o man_n can_v never_o behold_v the_o grace_n &_o righteousness_n of_o god_n who_o of_o himself_o know_v no_o grace_n nor_o righteousness_n to_o see_v how_o the_o son_n of_o sorry_a man_n who_o be_v nothing_o but_o infirmity_n and_o frailty_n take_v his_o be_v from_o that_o grace_n and_o 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cor._n 3._o 10._o 11._o and_o appear_v in_o number_n and_o for_o refreshment_n even_o as_o the_o dew_n in_o the_o morning_n upon_o the_o grass_n for_o these_o two_o be_v like_o the_o manna_n and_o the_o quail_n the_o quail_n come_v in_o the_o evening_n or_o between_o the_o two_o evening_n as_o the_o word_n be_v 12._o be_v exod._n 16_o 12._o the_o flesh_n appear_v in_o the_o end_n of_o a_o twofold_a day_n for_o there_o be_v a_o day_n of_o glory_n and_o a_o day_n of_o shame_n end_v in_o the_o flesh_n of_o christ_n for_o there_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o man_n which_o be_v as_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o field_n 7._o field_n isai_n 40_o 6_o 7._o and_o the_o shame_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n in_o take_v that_o upon_o he_o which_o be_v such_o a_o deformity_n that_o his_o visage_n be_v mar_v more_o than_o any_o man_n and_o his_o form_n more_o than_o the_o son_n of_o man_n 3._o man_n isai_n 52._o 14._o isai_n 53._o 3._o these_o two_o be_v both_o end_v even_o as_o the_o evening_n end_v the_o 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9_o office_n jam._n 2._o 9_o and_o in_o so_o do_v he_o do_v it_o to_o the_o lord_n himself_o 7._o himself_o 1_o sam._n 8._o 7._o who_o be_v not_o in_o any_o account_n or_o esteem_v with_o we_o but_o in_o and_o through_o it_o 2._o it_o heb._n 7._o 1._o 2._o for_o he_o have_v interpose_v it_o betwixt_o himself_o and_o his_o own_o be_v in_o christ_n so_o that_o all_o that_o be_v belove_v of_o he_o and_o wash_v from_o their_o sin_n in_o his_o blood_n they_o be_v make_v king_n and_o priest_n 6._o priest_n rev._n 1._o 5._o 6._o whosoever_o therefore_o exclude_v any_o of_o the_o saint_n from_o rule_n and_o priesthood_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n they_o do_v in_o like_a manner_n exclude_v they_o from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n and_o from_o the_o wash_n away_o of_o sin_n by_o the_o blood_n of_o christ_n 10._o christ_n rev._n 5._o 9_o 10._o yea_o they_o deny_v they_o to_o have_v part_n in_o that_o first_o resurrection_n or_o any_o freedom_n from_o the_o power_n of_o that_o second_o death_n 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