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witness_n wail_v and_o weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o teâ—th_n mat_n 8_o 12._o after_o you_o have_v be_v lift_v up_o to_o heaven_n it_o will_v be_v a_o fearful_a thing_n to_o fall_v down_o to_o hell_n mat._n 11.23_o 24._o 3._o consider_v the_o greatness_n of_o this_o loss_n and_o the_o bitterness_n thereof_o 1._o from_o the_o exceed_a greatness_n of_o the_o good_a that_o be_v lose_v viz._n eternal_a glory_n all_o the_o happinss_n of_o heaven_n the_o sweet_a fellowship_n of_o the_o father_n son_n and_o holy-ghost_n wherein_o be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n etc._n etc._n psal_n 16.11_o and_o all_o the_o concomitant_n thereof_o that_o heaven_n afford_v oh_o it_o be_v beyond_o our_o expression_n or_o conception_n all_o that_o we_o have_v before_o speak_v of_o about_o this_o future_a happiness_n present_v matter_n of_o meditation_n here_o aggravate_v this_o loss_n go_v over_o the_o particular_n and_o say_v i_o wretched_a sinner_n continue_v in_o that_o estate_n or_o if_o i_o live_v in_o sin_n and_o 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good_a thing_n in_o this_o world_n and_o remember_v what_o a_o grief_n and_o torment_n that_o sometime_o be_v if_o you_o have_v or_o be_v but_o in_o a_o fair_a probability_n and_o expectation_n to_o have_v and_o then_o shall_v lose_v but_o a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n lose_v your_o house_n by_o fire_n a_o commodious_a dwelling_n a_o fair_a estate_n or_o all_o that_o ever_o you_o have_v though_o but_o a_o little_a by_o this_o or_o that_o occasion_n much_o more_o a_o kingdom_n a_o crown_n what_o a_o bitter_a thing_n will_v that_o be_v if_o you_o do_v but_o lose_v a_o dear_a friend_n by_o death_n a_o sweet_a relation_n a_o yokefellow_n a_o pleasant_a child_n how_o
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