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to_o conceive_v express_v or_o set_v forth_o the_o greatness_n and_o largeness_n of_o a_o saint_n portion_n can_v you_o tell_v the_o star_n of_o heaven_n or_o number_v the_o sand_n of_o the_o sea_n or_o stop_v the_o sun_n in_o his_o course_n or_o raise_v the_o dead_a or_o make_v a_o new_a world_n then_o and_o not_o till_o then_o will_v you_o be_v able_a to_o declare_v what_o a_o great_a what_o a_o immense_a portion_n god_n be_v if_o eye_n have_v not_o see_v nor_o ear_n hear_v neither_o have_v it_o enter_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n to_o conceive_v the_o great_a thing_n that_o god_n have_v lay_v up_o in_o the_o gospel_n for_o so_o that_o 1_o cor._n 2.9_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v oh_o how_o much_o less_o than_o be_v they_o able_a to_o declare_v the_o great_a thing_n that_o god_n have_v lay_v up_o for_o his_o people_n in_o another_o world_n but_o three_o as_o god_n be_v a_o immense_a portion_n a_o large_a portion_n so_o god_n be_v a_o all-sufficient_a portion_n gen._n 17.1_o and_o 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