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and_o clear_v in_o affliction_n 2_o cor._n 4._o 17._o 18._o and_o 5._o 1._o &_o rom._n 2._o 17._o 18._o heb._n 11._o 23._o 26._o and_o lead_v to_o persevere_v to_o death_n 2_o tim._n 4_o 7._o 8._o heb._n 11._o 9_o 10._o 13._o etc._n etc._n yea_o he_o that_o have_v this_o hope_n in_o christ_n purifi_v himself_o as_o he_o be_v pure_a 1_o joh._n 3._o 3._o and_o all_o this_o enjoy_v do_v his_o commandment_n as_o aforesaid_a nor_o can_v we_o be_v do_v they_o or_o enter_v the_o gate_n thereby_o unless_o in_o believe_v we_o hold_v fast_o this_o hope_n col._n 1._o 23._o heb._n 10._o 35._o 36._o so_o that_o without_o this_o right_n we_o can_v enter_v through_o the_o gate_n into_o this_o city_n which_o lead_v to_o mind_v the_o last_o observable_a which_o be_v chap._n vi_o *_o 5_o observable_a that_o all_o that_o desire_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o heavenly_a city_n and_o so_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o hide_a mannah_n and_o of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n that_o now_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o 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