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they_o and_o all_o shall_v perfect_o love_v their_o governor_n and_o his_o government_n and_o shall_v love_v one_o another_o with_o a_o pure_a heart_n fervent_o oh_o bless_a state_n and_o bless_a condition_n when_o all_o this_o trouble_v of_o every_o kind_a shall_v be_v at_o a_o end_n yet_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v then_o second_o their_o work_n do_v follow_v they_o that_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o their_o work_n for_o so_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v understand_v some_o indeed_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o good_a effect_n of_o all_o the_o suffering_n of_o confessor_n and_o martyr_n in_o this_o life_n in_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o man_n of_o sin_n and_o bring_v down_o the_o present_a kingdom_n of_o darkness_n but_o this_o be_v here_o assign_v as_o part_v of_o their_o blessedness_n it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o it_o must_v signify_v a_o reward_n to_o themselves_o and_o can_v mean_v no_o less_o than_o god_n approbation_n of_o what_o they_o have_v do_v in_o his_o service_n and_o for_o his_o name_n and_o the_o reward_n that_o he_o give_v they_o thereupon_o it_o be_v indeed_o a_o reward_n of_o grace_n and_o it_o be_v so_o transcendent_a and_o surpass_v all_o that_o they_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v that_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 8.18_o rom._n 8.18_o the_o suffering_n of_o this_o present_a time_n be_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v compare_v with_o the_o glory_n that_o shall_v be_v reveal_v in_o they_o and_o these_o light_a affliction_n which_o be_v but_o for_o a_o moment_n 4.17_o 2_o cor._n 4.17_o work_n for_o they_o a_o far_o more_o exceed_v and_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n as_o be_v also_o observe_v before_o however_o a_o reward_n it_o be_v and_o that_o which_o belong_v not_o only_o to_o those_o that_o