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god_n possess_v all_o thing_n together_o page_n 159_o consect_n 2._o eternity_n make_v thing_n infinite_o good_a or_o evil_n page_n 160_o use_v 1._o to_o mind_v more_o thing_n eternal_a page_n 161_o motive_n to_o consider_v eternity_n page_n 167_o use_v 2._o not_o to_o be_v offend_v with_o god_n delay_v he_o have_v time_n enough_o to_o perform_v his_o promise_n be_v eternal_a page_n 168_o use_v 3._o to_o consider_v god_n love_n and_o enmity_n be_v eternal_a page_n 171_o use_v 4._o to_o comfort_v we_o against_o mutability_n of_o thing_n below_o page_n 172_o use_v 5._o god_n be_v lord_n of_o time_n page_n 174_o part_n ii_o the_o four_o attribute_n god_n be_v a_o spirit_n page_n 2_o four_o property_n of_o a_o spirit_n ibid._n use_v 1_o god_n eye_n chief_o on_o our_o spirit_n therefore_o they_o must_v be_v keep_v fit_a for_o communion_n with_o he_o page_z 4_o how_o to_o fit_v our_o spirit_n for_o communion_n with_o god_n page_n 6_o direction_n for_o cleanse_v the_o spirit_n page_n 10_o 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