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unto_o we_o the_o best_a part_n which_o marie_n do_v choose_v &_o which_o may_v in_o no_o age_n at_o any_o time_n be_v take_v away_o from_o us._n luc._n 11._o verse_n 15_o but_o i_o in_o thy_o righteousness_n shall_v see_v thy_o face_n when_o i_o shall_v awake_v i_o shall_v be_v satisfy_v with_o thy_o presence_n the_o hope_n of_o eternal_a life_n be_v a_o consolation_n principal_a which_o assuage_v all_o other_o misery_n &_o be_v together_o contain_v in_o all_o other_o consolation_n s._n paul_n endure_v great_a unsery_n &_o vexation_n behold_v the_o end_n which_o he_o know_v be_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o life_n everlasting_a but_o in_o mean_a time_n he_o suffer_v calamity_n &_o punishment_n because_o he_o shall_v obey_v god_n so_o we_o although_o we_o be_v despise_v of_o epicure_n &_o make_v as_o open_v pray_v unto_o the_o practice_n of_o tyrant_n yet_o in_o hope_n of_o life_n everlasting_a wherein_o we_o shall_v be_v adorn_v with_o a_o new_a light_n and_o righteousness_n let_v we_o 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