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infinite_a excellency_n which_o can_v full_o replenish_v our_o mind_n and_o desire_n it_o be_v only_a god_n that_o admit_v of_o no_o variableness_n neither_o shadow_n of_o turn_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o god_n alone_o that_o can_v make_v we_o eternal_o and_o entire_o happy_a it_o be_v report_v of_o a_o person_n of_o great_a sanctity_n that_o a_o evil_a spirit_n confess_v to_o he_o that_o be_v it_o possible_a for_o one_o who_o love_v god_n to_o come_v into_o hell_n yet_o it_o be_v impossible_a he_o shall_v be_v miserable_a but_o that_o it_o will_v rather_o sink_v hell_n itself_o and_o make_v it_o disappear_v or_o else_o make_v it_o a_o paradise_n for_o he_o though_o the_o relation_n