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or_o not_o be_v never_o manifest_v to_o we_o by_o experience_n quest_n 2_o and_o it_o will_v not_o be_v any_o great_a digression_n if_o we_o shall_v examine_v the_o difference_n between_o our_o fire_n and_o infernal_a fire_n wherein_o the_o vast_a diversity_n lie_v our_o fire_n can_v be_v extinguish_v the_o hot_a flame_n can_v be_v put_v out_o by_o the_o great_a stream_n the_o holy_a fire_n of_o the_o heart_n love_n can_v be_v quench_v no_o not_o by_o many_o water_n cant._n 8._o 7._o but_o 26._o job_n 20._o 26._o the_o fire_n of_o the_o hearth_n can_v be_v extinguish_v 22._o deut._n 32._o 22._o the_o great_a conflagration_n will_v either_o die_v of_o themselves_o or_o be_v quench_v by_o a_o exterior_a power_n but_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n be_v a_o everlasting_a flame_n tear_n can_v quench_v it_o blood_n can_v allay_v it_o can_v the_o damn_a weep_v a_o ocean_n they_o can_v not_o extinguish_v one_o spark_n of_o this_o fire_n our_o fire_n must_v be_v maintain_v by_o continual_a supply_n 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blood_n shall_v bring_v i_o to_o a_o ocean_n of_o joy_n eternity_n of_o joy_n be_v but_o the_o purchase_n of_o christ_n death_n he_o have_v 29._o luk._n 22._o 29._o buy_v a_o lease_n of_o glory_n that_o will_v never_o expire_v we_o may_v magnify_v the_o lord_n jesus_n for_o our_o endless_a bottomless_a happiness_n that_o be_v to_o come_v how_o sweet_a my_o saviour_n who_o can_v immortalize_v my_o honour_n and_o transform_v it_o into_o a_o never-dying_a dignity_n every_o glance_n of_o eternity_n shall_v spring_v new_a and_o more_o lively_a affection_n in_o we_o to_o jesus_n christ_n shall_v warm_v the_o heart_n with_o more_o impetuous_a love_n our_o bless_a eternity_n aug._n suscepit_fw-la tristitiam_fw-la nostram_fw-la ut_fw-la nobis_fw-la largiretur_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la aug._n be_v the_o primogeniture_n of_o christ_n merit_n the_o rich_a result_n of_o his_o suffering_n the_o glorious_a masterpiece_n of_o his_o philanthropie_n his_o love_n to_o mankind_n joh._n 3._o 16._o 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