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out_o of_o our_o redemption_n undergo_v the_o heavy_a burden_n of_o god_n wrath_n and_o feel_v those_o very_a infernal_a pain_n as_o a_o effect_n thereof_o which_o we_o have_v deserve_v that_o we_o may_v everlasting_o be_v free_v from_o the_o same_o thus_o david_n psalm_n 116.3_o speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o christ_n say_v angustiae_fw-la infernales_fw-la invenerant_fw-la i_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n get_v hold_v upon_o i_o nor_o be_v it_o impossible_a say_v willet_n to_o feel_v the_o toment_n of_o hell_n though_o not_o in_o the_o proper_a place_n for_o the_o place_n consider_v in_o itself_o conduce_v little_a to_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o wrath_n and_o curse_n of_o god_n say_v polyander_n if_o christ_n say_v he_o torment_v the_o devil_n as_o themselves_o complain_v mat._n 8.29_o in_o the_o land_n of_o judea_n out_o of_o that_o infernal_a place_n god_n can_v bruise_v christ_n for_o our_o sin_n by_o the_o
and_o pollute_a person_n into_o hell_n to_o this_o last_o judgement_n of_o the_o sanhedrim_n do_v christ_n appropriate_v that_o kind_n of_o murder_n which_o be_v by_o open_a revile_v of_o a_o brother_n that_o he_o may_v notify_v the_o heinousness_n of_o this_o sin_n than_o which_o more_o be_v the_o pity_n none_o common_o be_v account_v light_a nor_o more_o familiar_a and_o that_o no_o man_n may_v justify_v himself_o but_o that_o every_o man_n lay_v his_o hand_n on_o his_o heart_n may_v acknowledge_v that_o by_o evil_a will_n rancour_n and_o reproache_v against_o his_o brother_n he_o have_v violate_v the_o commandment_n and_o thereby_o have_v deserve_v death_n and_o damnation_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n as_o much_o as_o open_v and_o notorious_a murder_n do_v deserve_v condemnation_n in_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n the_o gloss_n that_o anonymus_fw-la put_v upon_o the_o word_n thereby_o to_o carry_v they_o to_o another_o sense_n and_o wring_v from_o they_o another_o signification_n be_v corrupt_a and_o his_o reason_n allege_v to_o that_o purpose_n not_o worth_a the_o answer_n again_o luk._n 16.23_o speak_v of_o that_o rich_a man_n and_o in_o hell_n he_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n be_v in_o torment_n etc._n etc._n this_o he_o say_v be_v no_o proof_n nor_o the_o less_o because_o he_o say_v it_o but_o why_o not_o because_o say_v he_o it_o be_v a_o parable_n not_o a_o history_n we_o have_v but_o his_o bare_a word_n for_o it_o for_o marlorate_a call_v it_o a_o history_n in_o which_o say_v he_o christ_n describe_v spiritual_a thing_n under_o such_o figure_n and_o in_o such_o term_n as_o he_o know_v will_v be_v most_o obvious_a to_o our_o capacity_n and_o so_o best_a apprehend_v and_o apply_v by_o we_o beside_o tertullian_n contra_fw-la martion_n hillar_n in_o enar_n psal_n 2._o ambr._n on_o luc._n and_o many_o other_o call_v it_o so_o now_o whether_o we_o shall_v believe_v anonymus_fw-la his_o single_a report_n and_o repute_v of_o it_o or_o all_o these_o 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to_o see_v they_o participando_fw-la by_o a_o bless_a partake_n of_o they_o such_o a_o sight_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o the_o child_n of_o perdition_n they_o see_v they_o to_o the_o grief_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o terror_n of_o their_o soul_n that_o they_o can_v enjoy_v they_o but_o be_v for_o ever_o deprive_v of_o they_o but_o how_o can_v that_o rich_a man_n speak_v of_o in_o the_o gospel_n or_o how_o can_v other_o damn_a spirit_n be_v say_v to_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o heaven_n when_o as_o they_o want_v those_o luminary_n organ_n of_o the_o body_n the_o disposition_n of_o sight_n beside_o the_o great_a distance_n between_o the_o several_a place_n and_o the_o the_o thick_a darkness_n interpose_v which_o be_v a_o great_a question_n with_o anonymus_fw-la i_o shall_v easy_o remove_v this_o block_n out_o of_o the_o way_n for_o even_o spirit_n see_v though_o not_o with_o bodily_a eye_n they_o have_v the_o eye_n of_o intelligence_n and_o apprehension_n by_o which_o they_o be_v able_a 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