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Of the living of the Martyrs or first Resurrection. And I saw the Souls of them that were behead∣ed for the witness of Jesus, and the Word of God: and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his Image, neither had re∣ceived his Mark upon their fore-heads, or in their hands. And they lived, &c.
IN the interpretation of this mistry of the living of the Martyrs, Writers and Commentators much differ; some judging this to be a Corporeal Resurrection: others (and they not a few) conceive it to be a spiritual Resurrection, a re∣newing and reviving of Soul, the effect of Christs Spirit upon the heart of Believers and faithful Witnesses; and a leaving others to a state of sin and death.
But it is humbly conceived, the mind of the Spirit here it is a mistical Resurrection, or civil life; they are said to live, as most consonant to Truth, sound Reason, and the scope of the place. They lived.
Living and dying in Scripture is variously taken sometimes litterally for the natural spirit or Eter∣nal life and death, sometimes figuratively for a