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A funeral sermon, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Jane Papillon late wife of the very worthy Thomas Papillon, Esq; first preached July 24. 1698. and now published at his request. By John Woodhouse.
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Woodhouse, John, d. 1700.
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1698
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we_o a_o far_o more_o exceed_a and_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n what_o â—n_n heap_v of_o emphatical_a and_o hyperbolical_a word_n be_v ama_v together_o to_o give_v but_o a_o umbrage_n of_o so_o great_a a_o 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 1._o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1_o pet._n 4._o 13._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d blessedness_n so_o bright_a a_o glory_n a_o excellent_a magnificent_a glory_n but_o it_o be_v yet_o to_o be_v reveal_v it_o be_v not_o it_o can_v be_v full_o reveal_v till_o enjoy_v we_o know_v not_o yet_o what_o it_o or_o we_o shall_v be_v but_o we_o shall_v be_v like_o he_o have_v a_o bless_a resemblance_n of_o he_o share_n in_o joy_n with_o he_o and_o who_o can_v wish_v for_o better_a than_o the_o joy_n of_o his_o lord_n which_o he_o enjoy_v and_o have_v prepare_v for_o we_o to_o enjoy_v that_o we_o shall_v enter_v into_o though_o 2._o 1_o joh._n 3._o 2._o it_o can_v full_o enter_v into_o we_o paul_n that_o see_v it_o can_v not_o full_o discover_v it_o to_o such_o 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rationis_fw-la dilectum_fw-la as_o moralist_n speak_v import_v a_o complaisance_n of_o the_o person_n love_v in_o the_o belove_a the_o genuine_a property_n and_o effect_n of_o this_o love_n be_v reckon_v to_o be_v 1._o assimulate_v of_o the_o lover_n to_o the_o object_n belove_v every_o lover_n feel_v a_o bent_n of_o heart_n to_o conform_v himself_o to_o the_o mind_n and_o pleasure_n of_o his_o belove_a 2._o a_o union_n of_o the_o lover_n to_o the_o belove_a object_n be_v it_o who_o or_o what_o 〈◊〉_d will_n love_v formal_o take_v be_v a_o kinâ—_n of_o union_n of_o the_o lover_n with_o the_o belove_a and_o cause_v the_o lover_n to_o desire_v as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v to_o be_v onâ—_n with_o the_o belove_a which_o cause_v 〈◊〉_d perpetual_a desire_n of_o its_o presence_n with_o it_o 3._o a_o inhesion_n or_o adhesion_n of_o the_o lover_n in_o or_o to_o the_o belove_a it_o will_v not_o be_v part_v from_o it_o without_o a_o uneasy_a violence_n he_o think_v of_o thirstâ—_n after_o and_o 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