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his_o full_a harvest_n in_o perfect_a sanctification_n paul_n himself_o be_v justify_v present_o attain_v not_o perfection_n but_o labour_v hard_o towards_o it_o phil._n 3.12_o and_o a_o inseparable_a note_n of_o a_o justify_v person_n be_v that_o he_o long_v wait_v and_o sigh_v to_o put_v off_o all_o corruption_n and_o misery_n and_o to_o put_v on_o fullness_n of_o grace_n and_o glory_n rom._n 8.23_o we_o that_o have_v receive_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o the_o spirit_n do_v sigh_n wait_v for_o the_o adoption_n even_o the_o redemption_n of_o our_o body_n 2_o cor._n 5.4_o we_o desire_v to_o he_o clothe_v upon_o that_o mortality_n may_v be_v swallow_v up_o of_o life_n and_o verse_n 8._o we_o love_v rather_o to_o remove_v out_o of_o the_o body_n and_o dwell_v with_o the_o lord_n this_o doctrine_n thus_o prove_v unto_o we_o serve_v for_o the_o reproof_n of_o sundry_a sort_n of_o people_n first_o those_o be_v reprooved_a 1_o who_o content_n themselves_o with_o some_o illumination_n why_o 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