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and_o pleasure_n for_o evermore_o it_o be_v call_v a_o royal_a feast_n a_o marriage_n supper_n a_o feast_n of_o fat_a thing_n it_o be_v call_v a_o reward_n a_o glorious_a inheritance_n everlasting_a mansion_n a_o house_n not_o make_v with_o hand_n and_o the_o like_a it_o be_v call_v a_o crown_n of_o glory_n a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n a_o heavenly_a kingdom_n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o as_o here_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n not_o as_o if_o any_o or_o all_o of_o those_o do_v adequate_o express_v its_o worth_n but_o these_o be_v the_o great_a desirable_a thing_n of_o the_o world_n and_o which_o our_o sense_n be_v carry_v away_o with_o they_o be_v all_o make_v use_v of_o to_o represent_v a_o condition_n which_o have_v as_o much_o and_o more_o of_o happiness_n than_o all_o that_o of_o riches_n and_o honour_n profit_n and_o pleasure_n gladness_n and_o feast_v house_n and_o land_n treasure_n and_o inheritance_n crown_n and_o kingdom_n yea_o and_o life_n itself_o and_o when_o 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