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Show "a" .. v <. it; .4 "HIE-L. "Pia-«fin: -‘l'.li‘<', " .- Part4.' j": l‘ y. .,(< ' ME ' THE KINGDO OF P44 . Clad. enough ( if mum to God t/m grew it. Which may beat wellretationE that interp this there be no other text directly againfi it) JCLOIU " CS oraman s p 1 fit, ' ' nor,) "hiltl God onely knows, (but Man lame Book,(_ Chap. the in on, Solom fame the when he expireth; and the {enfe I have in ce fenten fame the reth delive 21.) 3. ver.2o, If:[away/.125; )to beafl and ivcn it: His words are, All gae( man naming: 47; who ; again dujl to turn all all are of Ill: duff, 1sz ed 1:} ofct; b jpzrzt He that lm-(l' d, upwar goat}; Man tlyc fpiri! of '2‘ or 3 ut s know goat/z downwardto the cart/28 Thatts, none : M412" is it an untifuall phrale to fay ofthings we underfland not, G 1:, t m Ianc; 24., 5. Gen. of That . where : til/Mt, and God It's/"om unwit/J God, and Le nuts not, for God took lylm; whtcrdis expao In», :31 111:: ded Heb. 13. 5. Hum; trim/land, zlmt lie flaw/z: not 1: rant/1:1; ff"; For 111m. .1th tam lmd God : not found, beau/f tinny 1."? ma Gad, afcd befie that ony, tcflim (In: land l7: .zion, for the Immortality ofthc Body , as of the Settle, ptoxet , tiat this his tranflation was peculiartothemthatpleale God; not com- mon to them with the \YleCd; and dependingon Grace, not on Nature. But on the contrary,wh;tt interpretation‘fliall we ginghafidCS the literall {enfe of the words of Solomon(£crle/. 3.19. )Tlmz 11)]?ch befa/lctlz 1176 Sam of Men, lufalletl; Beafl; , even 027 Ila/"73; bqffl/[tllil/M'm', 45 the one dyctlz,/o dot/a flat ozlzergyed ,. they 221i": 4 me lam/None l‘pirit;)fo thataMan [mt/f no preemramceb: we f.1‘; Bmfl', for all :5 mmty. By the literall lenle, here isinlo lattira Immortality of the Soule, nor yet any repugnancy "ll/t tie 1L Eternal], whiehthc Elect [hall enjoy by Grace. And\ chap. 4. ver. 3.) Ram ix l7: 2/14! 1741/; wt yctéccn, than baht/Icy -, that is, than they that live, or have lived, which, it the "Soule or all them that haycliyed, were Immortall, were ahard laying; tor then to have an lmmortall Soule , were worle than to have no Soule at all. And againe, ( Chapt. 9. 5. ) 'I/Je l'l'Z/Illig know they jlmlldz!,bttt tlaedmd knew not my t/mig, that is, Naturally, ‘ and before the refiirrection oil-the body. \ y talit Immor all Natur lora malte to feems which er plate Anoth limit, ham, Abra that of the Soule, is that, where our Saviour Lnth, rm. 4.. OF '13 AR KNESSE; Chap/5,4; tormmrs, Ever/fling PtlfllflJfl'lefltf; am! that tbeworm of cmfpigme nee/er dyer/1; and all this is comprehended in the word‘Ewr/zflmg Dent/2, which is ordinarily interpreted Everla/ng Life in tormemt: And yet I can find no where that any man lhalllivc in torments Everlaflingly. Alfo, it feemeth hard, to fay, that God who is the Father of Mercies, that doth in Heaven and Earth allthat hee will; that hath the hearts of all men in his diipofing; that worketh in men both todoe, and to will.7 and without whole free gift a man hath neither inclination to good, not repentance of evill , fliotild pttnilh mcns tranlgrei'hons without any end or‘time, and with all the extreé mity of tortiire,that men canimagine,and more. We are therefor e to confider, what the meaning is, owar/qflmg Fire, and other the like phi‘ales ofSei‘ipttii'e. V . Ihave lhewed already, that the Kingdome of God by Chrift beginneth at the day or‘jiidgtnent: Thatin that day, the Faithfull lball‘t'ilfleagain, wtth glorious, and {pirituall Bodies, and bee his Subjects in that his Kingdome , which [hall be Eternall .- That they thall neither marry, nor be given in marriage , nor eate and drink, as they did in their naturall bodies; but live for ever in their lntllVltllLlll perlons, withoiitthe lbccifiealleternity ot‘genei'ation: {\nd thatthc lieptobatcs allb thall rile zitz;iin,to receive piinilhmentsvfortheir tins: Asallo, thatthole of tlie Elect , which lhall be alive intheir earthly bodiesat that day, (hall hayetheir bodies {tidtienlythangeth and made lpirititall,and Immomll. Butthatthe b0§l1€$0f IlIC lieprobate, who make the Kingdome of Satan , lhall allo be glorious, or Ipirituall bodies, or that they lhall bee as the Angels of God, neither eating, not drinking, nor engendringgor that theirlite lhall be Eternall tit their Illtll\'ltlll.lll perhons , as the lite of every tltithtiillman is. oras the lite otAdam had been if hee had notlinned, there is no place otheriptiire [t)pl‘()\'c itglitreonely thele places concerning 1-.ternall 'l‘ormenrs; which may otherwile be inter preted. From whence may be interred, that as the Fleet alter the Refurrccuon Iltill be reltorcd to the ellate,whcrein Adam was before he had {lnHCnglUlllC llepi‘obatelhall beintlteell.tte,tlrat 3\d.iin,and his and jacob are living: but this is tpol‘en otthe promilt or u‘ott,and of their certitudetorile auainmotof a Litethenae‘tuall», and in the fame {enfethatGod {aidtb Adam, that on the day hee ihoiild eatc repent -, but Hi )t to them that lhoiild die in their tins, as do the ltcptov (il'the forbidden li'i;it,he lhould certainly die-,t‘rom that time forward he ".153 dead man by fetttenCe; but not by execution, till .ilmolll bate. ThCl-Ctlllngs eonlidered , the texts that mention [Hr/[all Hrc', [Irma/l wa thouland years alter. 50 Abraham, Ifaac, and jacob were lln'ltl‘ by promile, then, whenClntil l‘pahe, bitt are not fictllally n the liCllll‘l‘t‘e‘tlt)". And the Htflory or Dth‘S and Lazarus, the Doctrine of~ a Second, and lit'eilalting Death, in the proper and nlltlll‘zlll tentt or the word Deal/1. The hire, or 'l‘orittents‘ pre- male nothing againll this, it‘ wee take it ( as it 15/ tor a la- pared for the wicked 1n(l¢'/IE/‘/n;1, ‘I'op/zet,oi‘ in what place loevei‘, table. may continue for ever, antithtre may never want wicked men to poilerity were In after the lineommytted, laying that (Jud promiled a Redeemer toAdamgnd liteh or his lEed as lhoiild trtill in him, and Eternal/Turmem , ar Me Warm t/mt ne'utr dlfl/', eontt'aehe‘t not mm" "my, But there be other places oi‘the New 'l‘eilament, wherean Im be tormented in them, though not every, nor any one hternally. "lumllty l‘eemcthto be diret‘tly attributed to the \iithtd. lot it .‘3 For the ‘.'.'1t;l\'CCl being left in the eltate they ‘.'.'cl‘c in after Adams fin ) cement, that they ihall all me to judgement. And it is laid belides In many places, tliatthey thall goe into .5: n-lay‘rmg 7W, Erma/1:53 may atthe ll_Cl~llrf('Clvl()nll'\JC as they did,m;irry, and give in marri- [$775! 3) age, and have groile and. corriiptible bodies , as all mankind now X x 3 little-J |