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27._o 46._o and_o consequent_o all_o repetition_n be_v no_o more_o condemn_v by_o our_o saviour_n in_o matt._n 6._o 7._o than_o all_o long_a prayer_n be_v matt._n 23._o 14._o so_o that_o the_o vanity_n of_o repetition_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o use_v the_o same_o word_n eight_o time_n or_o twenty_o time_n in_o prayer_n for_o do_v we_o repeat_v in_o our_o service_n good_a lord_n deliver_v we_o eight_o time_n and_o glory_n be_v to_o the_o father_n etc._n etc._n ten_o time_n and_o we_o beseech_v thou_o to_o hear_v we_o good_a lord_n twenty_o time_n so_o we_o find_v that_o they_o not_o only_o have_v their_o thrice_n and_o their_o four_o time_n but_o their_o twenty_o seven_o time_n in_o every_o verse_n of_o psalm_n 136._o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o ever_o which_o psalm_n be_v most_o use_v on_o solemn_a occasion_n as_o we_o may_v find_v it_o 2_o chron._n 5._o 13._o 7._o 3_o 6._o 20._o 21._o ezra_n 3._o 11._o jer._n 33._o 11._o so_o that_o we_o may_v more_o true_o say_v of_o the_o church_n 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