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latter_a which_o choke_v the_o understanding_n and_o be_v like_o the_o behold_n of_o the_o sun_n who_o light_n and_o lustre_n by_o which_o we_o discern_v other_o object_n mar_v and_o dim_v our_o sight_n such_o be_v the_o transcendent_a excellency_n of_o our_o future_a bliss_n at_o once_o the_o delight_n and_o amazement_n of_o our_o intellectual_n in_o the_o description_n whereof_o our_o high_a expression_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v hyperbolical_a that_o they_o amount_v but_o to_o a_o litotes_n so_o that_o after_o our_o utmost_a endeavour_n we_o must_v content_v ourselves_o with_o st._n paul_n account_n of_o it_o in_o his_o first_o and_o second_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n 9_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d unutterable_a 4._o for_o that_o i_o take_v to_o be_v the_o meaning_n and_o not_o as_o we_o render_v it_o unlawful_a of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o also_o unconceivable_a so_o inevitable_o shall_v we_o diminish_v