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weight_n of_o glory_n that_o be_v to_o come_v rom._n 8._o 18._o v._n whereunto_o let_v i_o add_v that_o in_o 2_o cor._n 4._o 17_o 18._o while_o we_o look_v not_o at_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v but_o at_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v for_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v be_v temporal_a but_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v be_v eternal_a israel_n never_o mind_v the_o difficulty_n they_o go_v through_o nor_o the_o anakim_v they_o fight_v with_o when_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n be_v to_o be_v possess_v by_o they_o pericula_fw-la non_fw-la respicit_fw-la martyr_n corona_n respicit_fw-la it_o be_v not_o the_o danger_n that_o trouble_v the_o martyr_n it_o be_v the_o crown_n that_o help_v they_o to_o go_v through_o those_o danger_n the_o fullness_n of_o those_o joy_n and_o sweetness_n of_o those_o pleasure_n at_o god_n right_a hand_n bear_v up_o their_o heart_n and_o raise_v up_o their_o soul_n under_o their_o suffering_n and_o make_v they_o contemn_v fire_n and_o 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