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the_o sea_n he_o do_v not_o complain_v that_o he_o want_v his_o cistern_n of_o water_n though_o thou_o do_v suck_v some_o comfort_n from_o thy_o relation_n yet_o when_o thou_o come_v to_o the_o ocean_n and_o be_v with_o christ_n thou_o shall_v never_o complain_v that_o thou_o have_v leave_v thy_o cistern_n behind_o there_o will_v be_v nothing_o to_o breed_v sorrow_n in_o heaven_n there_o shall_v be_v joy_n and_o nothing_o but_o joy_n heaven_n be_v set_v out_o by_o that_o phrase_n enter_v thou_o into_o the_o joy_n of_o thy_o lord_n 25.21_o here_o joy_n enter_v into_o we_o there_o we_o enter_v into_o joy_n the_o joy_n we_o have_v here_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d those_o be_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d these_o be_v from_o heaven_n those_o be_v in_o heaven_n the_o joy_n that_o we_o shall_v have_v with_o christ_n be_v without_o measure_n and_o without_o mixture_n 16.11_o in_o thy_o presence_n be_v fullness_n of_o joy_n 1._o the_o heart_n shall_v be_v fill_v nothing_o but_o christ_n can_v replenish_v the_o heart_n with_o joy_n the_o understanding_n will_n affection_n be_v such_o a_o triangle_n that_o none_o can_v fill_v but_o the_o trinity_n as_o christ_n beauty_n shall_v amaze_v the_o eye_n so_o his_o love_n shall_v ravish_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o glorify_a saint_n must_v it_o not_o needs_o be_v joy_n to_o be_v with_o christ_n what_o joy_n when_o a_o christian_a shall_v see_v the_o great_a gulf_n shoot_v between_o heaven_n and_o hell_n what_o joy_n when_o christ_n shall_v take_v we_o into_o the_o wine-celler_n and_o kiss_v we_o with_o the_o kiss_n of_o his_o lip_n what_o joy_n when_o the_o match_n shall_v be_v at_o once_o make_v up_o and_o solemnize_v between_o christ_n and_o a_o believer_n these_o be_v the_o more_o noble_a and_o generous_a delight_n 2._o all_o the_o sense_n shall_v be_v fill_v with_o joy_n and_o at_o once_o the_o eye_n shall_v be_v fill_v what_o joy_n to_o see_v that_o orient_a brightness_n in_o the_o face_n of_o christ_n there_o you_o 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