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¹Answ. This word, [Greek or Hebrew], that he might not see death, I conceive, (with some Divines) the meaning is, that he might not see it in that painful and horrid manner as others: his soul had an easy and ⟨p. 177⟩joyful passage out of his body; he died not after the common manner of men; so saith Peter Martyr. Seeing and feeling, are in Scripture oft exegetical, the one is put for the other, as Rom. 7.23. I see a law in my members, that is, I feel a law. 2. My second §2Argument, is, 1 John 3.2. It doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know, [Greek or Hebrew], when he shall appear, we shall be like him. We read in Scripture but of two Appearings of Christ, his appearing in the flesh, and his appearing at the day of judgment. Now his appearing in this text, must needs be meant of his last appearing; And what then? then saith the Apostle, we shall be like him, that is, in our bodies, Phil. 3.21. The spirits of just men being already made perfect, Heb. 12.23. Whence I infer, Enoch is not yet ascended bodily into heaven, because none of the bodies of the Saints shall be fully made like Christ till his second ⟨p. 178⟩§3appearing. 3. Besides this may be added the judgement of many of the Fathers, who were pious and learned. It is not probable that Enoch and Elijah should be taken up in their bodies into heaven, saith Peter Martyr, and he urgeth that saying of our Lord, ^*No man hath ascended into heaven, (that is, saith he, corporeally) but the Son of man that descended from heaven. Of this opinion also is Oecolampadius, Martinus Borrhaeus, and learned Doctor Fulk, ³