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glorious_o lead_v a_o glorious_a life_n and_o perform_v glorious_a duty_n thus_o our_o saviour_n dispute_v john_n 14.22_o very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o he_o that_o believe_v in_o i_o shall_v do_v the_o work_n that_o i_o do_v that_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o doctrine_n he_o then_o deliver_v or_o work_v he_o then_o wrought_v nay_o great_a work_n than_o these_o shall_v he_o do_v why_o because_o i_o go_v to_o my_o father_n he_o go_v to_o possess_v all_o glory_n in_o all_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o all_o power_n and_o dispensation_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o have_v more_o dispense_v more_o virtual_o by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o sit_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n than_o he_o do_v when_o he_o be_v bodily_a present_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o humiliation_n peter_n by_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o death_n and_o that_o glorious_a power_n which_o christ_n possess_v in_o heaven_n he_o convert_v at_o once_o three_o thousand_o which_o our_o saviour_n never_o 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