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it_o will_v away_o too_o we_o shall_v quick_o be_v past_o it_o for_o our_o course_n be_v speedy_a whether_o we_o wake_v or_o sleep_v as_o man_n a_o ship_n board_n we_o sail_v onward_o to_o the_o port_n pleasant_n and_o delectable_a thing_n will_v away_o our_o pain_n and_o grief_n be_v of_o no_o long_a continuance_n neither_o though_o they_o shall_v abide_v by_o we_o all_o our_o life_n long_o for_o our_o life_n speed_v like_o a_o post_n or_o ship_n on_o the_o ocean_n thus_o while_o we_o walk_v like_o pilgrim_n here_o but_o a_o time_n be_v come_v after_o the_o full_a period_n whereof_o 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n chrys_n ad_fw-la pop._n ant._n hom._n 23._o p._n 268._o there_o follow_v a_o day_n which_o shall_v never_o have_v a_o night_n and_o a_o night_n which_o shall_v never_o have_v a_o morning_n i_o mean_v a_o time_n in_o the_o closing-up_a whereof_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v this_o vicissitude_n and_o intercourse_n of_o day_n and_o night_n but_o either_o all_o 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know_v the_o bind_v thereof_o 20._o thereof_o job_n 38._o 20._o how_o can_v we_o measure_v eternity_n think_v we_o than_o say_v the_o father_n ibid._n father_n chrys_n ibid._n how_o unsufferable_a a_o burning-fever_n be_v and_o that_o thou_o can_v not_o endure_v a_o hot_a bath_n for_o one_o hour_n heat_v above_o its_o proportion_n how_o then_o will_v thou_o everlasting_a burn_n how_o will_v thy_o heart_n endure_v this_o perish_v for_o ever_o and_o consider_v this_o with_o it_o which_o that_o father_n have_v in_o the_o same_o place_n here_o if_o thy_o body_n be_v burn_v or_o otherwise_o hardly_o use_v the_o soul_n will_v out_o it_o will_v forsake_v its_o dwell_n 78._o dwell_n nemopervaldè_fw-la dolere_fw-la &_o diu_fw-la aut_fw-la extinguetur_fw-la aut_fw-la extinguet_fw-la sen._n ep_v 78._o but_o if_o the_o body_n fall_v into_o these_o river_n of_o brimstone_n the_o soul_n must_v abide_v by_o it_o there_o be_v no_o get_v forth_o as_o they_o be_v i_o mean_v the_o body_n and_o the_o 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