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consider_v i_o lord_n if_o there_o be_v any_o way_n of_o wickedness_n in_o i_o and_o lead_v i_o in_o the_o way_n everlasting_a psal_n 139._o ult_n sinful_a lust_n be_v dead_a lust_n and_o what_o have_v eternal_a life_n to_o do_v with_o dead_a lust_n keep_v your_o hand_n off_o from_o a_o sinful_a carnal_a life_n but_o lay_v fast_o hold_v on_o eternal_a life_n 1_o tim._n 6.12_o get_v sure_a possession_n of_o it_o and_o let_v neither_o satan_n not_o the_o world_n wrest_v it_o out_o of_o your_o hand_n 1_o john_n 5_o 11._o the_o latter_a part_n and_o this_o life_n be_v in_o his_o son_n doct._n the_o eternal_a life_n that_o god_n have_v give_v we_o be_v lay_v up_o for_o we_o in_o jesus_n christ_n john_n 11.25_o 26._o col._n 3.3_o john_n 14.6_o this_o life_n be_v fourfold_a of_o justification_n sanctification_n consolation_n and_o glorification_n all_o these_o be_v lay_v up_o in_o christ_n jer._n 23.6_o he_o be_v the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n psal_n 4.1_o 2._o for_o they_o altogether_o 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