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A60498 Conversation in Heaven. Being devotions; consisting of meditations and prayers on several considerable subjects in practical divinity. Written for the raising the decay'd spirit of piety. By Lawrence Smith, LL.D. Fellow of St. John's College in Oxford. Smith, Lawrence, 1656-1728. 1693 (1693) Wing S4128B; ESTC R221501 97,123 362

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alas_o how_o be_v thou_o all_o over_o disorder_n and_o irregularity_n madness_n and_o unreasonableness_n shame_n and_o disgrace_n depravity_n and_o corruption_n how_o do_v thou_o render_v the_o practiser_n of_o thou_o the_o object_n of_o god_n curse_n and_o hatred_n who_o be_v otherwise_o the_o most_o kind_a and_o benign_a be_v for_o god_n who_o be_v love_n itself_o love_n in_o the_o very_a abstract_n do_v however_o infinite_o hate_v the_o sinner_n hate_v he_o even_o unto_o death_n eternal_a o_o the_o gild_n the_o inexpiable_a gild_n of_o sin_n unrepented_a of_o that_o nothing_o less_o than_o a_o eternity_n of_o punishment_n be_v its_o recompense_n that_o it_o shall_v ever_o be_v atone_n for_o and_o yet_o never_o be_v atone_v that_o the_o precious_a blood_n of_o jesus_n as_o infinite_o satisfactory_a as_o it_o be_v can_v yet_o never_o quench_v the_o infernal_a flame_n to_o which_o sin_n unforsaken_a expose_v we_o ah_o do_v man_n but_o thorough_o understand_v the_o evil_a nature_n of_o 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