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shall_v be_v invert_v nulla_fw-la erit_fw-la in_o aeternitate_fw-la seneseentia_fw-la the_o pillar_n in_o eternity_n shall_v never_o shake_v nor_o moulder_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o fade_a lea_n or_o fall_v fruit_n though_o no_o such_o thing_n may_v be_v find_v in_o eternity_n but_o every_o thing_n shall_v be_v preserve_v in_o its_o full_a maturity_n without_o the_o least_o perish_a or_o putrefaction_n the_o sun_n motion_n aepyptian_a pyramid_n and_o other_o last_a monument_n of_o antiquity_n be_v but_o the_o dark_a hieroglyphicke_n of_o the_o unperishable_a and_o undecay_a estate_n of_o eternity_n but_o more_o particular_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o waste_n or_o decay_v of_o time_n in_o eternity_n time_n shall_v not_o slide_v away_o or_o spend_v but_o of_o this_o more_o at_o large_a in_o a_o particular_a conclusion_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o waste_n seize_v on_o the_o person_n of_o they_o that_o be_v set_v upon_o the_o shore_n of_o eternity_n the_o soul_n of_o the_o saint_n shall_v 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consist_v in_o a_o fullness_n of_o joy_n
time_n shall_v be_v swallow_v and_o drown_v in_o that_o ocean_n all_o person_n than_o shall_v sail_v for_o ever_o upon_o the_o sea_n of_o joy_n or_o calamitous_a eternity_n after_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n all_o age_n and_o century_n shall_v be_v fledge_v and_o leave_v the_o world_n which_o shall_v be_v remain_v and_o the_o particular_a parcel_n of_o time_n shall_v be_v all_o sum_v up_o in_o the_o total_a of_o eternity_n so_o that_o now_o these_o emblem_n which_o represent_v eternity_n themselves_o shall_v have_v a_o end_n so_o that_o they_o be_v rather_o the_o shadow_n than_o representation_n of_o eternity_n chap._n xiii_o concl._n 13_o man_n be_v eternal_a condition_n admit_v of_o no_o revocation_n there_o be_v no_o sound_v of_o a_o retreat_n after_o we_o be_v launch_v into_o the_o ocean_n of_o eternity_n then_o there_o be_v no_o set_v we_o a_o shore_n again_o to_o re-act_n a_o new_a life_n in_o the_o world_n when_o once_o the_o trap-door_n be_v let_v down_o upon_o we_o there_o 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