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The symbolical use of death in this sense is frequent and unmistakable throughout the Bible. For example we find in the New Testament: (104:6) And you hath he quickened who were dead in trespasses and sins;14 (104:7) And again: But she that liveth in pleasure [sins of the flesh] is dead while she liveth.15 (104:8) Bishop E. W. Barnes quotes the early Christian work, the Shepherd of Hermas, as saying: "Those who are baptized descend into the water dead, and they rise alive."
(104:9)
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