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When he saith (vntill thou hast paied) hee giueth vs to vn∣derstand, that after a certaine time, we shall come out. I aun∣swere, that the word (vntill) doth not connotate the end of im∣prisonment, but the continuation thereof: because so is the vsual acception of that terme, in the holy scriptures. For when S. Mathew saith, (he knew her not vntil she had brought forth her first borne sonne:) it followeth not, that he afterward knew the blessed virgine.* 1.1 So when it is said, (that Michol had no child to the day of her death) it followeth not, yt she had children after her death.* 1.2 Thirdly, when our Sauiour promised to be with his disciples till the worldes end, it doth not import that he wil af∣ter forsake them. Fourthly, when the prophet saith, (as the eyes of a maiden looke vnto ye hands of her mistres,* 1.3 so our eyes wait vpon the Lord our God, vntill hee haue mercy vpon vs) he meaneth not that our eies shal not afterward wait vpon the Lord.* 1.4 No, God forbid. Fiftly, when God saith (sit thou at my right hand, vntil I make thine enemies thy footstoole) he mea∣neth not,* 1.5 that Christ shall sit no longer on his right hand. No, no, God auert.