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for_o paint_v etc._n etc._n but_o these_o be_v poor_a thing_n for_o our_o reason_n to_o admire_v man_n that_o live_v day_n and_o night_n in_o a_o sense_n of_o this_o future_a judgement_n live_v continual_o in_o expectation_n of_o the_o archangel_n trumpet_n or_o the_o summons_n of_o almighty_a god_n these_o be_v the_o man_n who_o praise_n we_o ought_v to_o show_v forth_o in_o the_o gate_n let_v other_o admire_v demosthenes_n for_o his_o rhetoric_n i_o will_v admire_v st._n paul_n who_o so_o look_v at_o the_o thing_n not_o see_v even_o at_o this_o judgement_n as_o to_o rejoice_v in_o tribulation_n and_o though_o trouble_a on_o every_o side_n yet_o be_v not_o distress_v though_o perplex_v yet_o be_v not_o in_o despair_n though_o persecute_v yet_o be_v not_o forsake_v though_o cast_v down_o yet_o be_v not_o destroy_v appear_v to_o the_o world_n as_o sorrowful_a yet_o be_v always_o rejoice_v as_o poor_a yet_o make_v many_o rich_a as_o have_v nothing_o and_o yet_o possess_v all_o thing_n 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