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we_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o a_o comely_a or_o beautiful_a person_n for_o he_o have_v therein_o neither_o form_n nor_o comeliness_n that_o he_o shall_v be_v desire_v his_o visage_n be_v so_o mar_v more_o than_o any_o man_n and_o his_o form_n more_o than_o the_o son_n of_o man_n isa._n 52._o 14._o chap._n 53._o 2_o 3._o all_o thing_n appear_v in_o he_o as_o become_v a_o man_n of_o sorrow_n nor_o 3_o be_v it_o absolute_o the_o eternal_a essential_a glory_n of_o his_o divine_a nature_n that_o be_v intend_v for_o this_o no_o man_n can_v see_v in_o this_o world_n what_o we_o shall_v attain_v in_o a_o view_n thereof_o hereafter_o we_o know_v not_o but_o 4._o it_o be_v his_o glory_n as_o he_o be_v full_a of_o grace_n and_o truth_n they_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o person_n and_o his_o office_n in_o the_o administration_n of_o grace_n and_o truth_n and_o how_o or_o by_o what_o mean_n do_v they_o see_v this_o glory_n of_o christ_n it_o be_v by_o faith_n and_o no_o otherwise_o for_o this_o 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