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18._o give_v we_o all_o thing_n else_o and_o 1_o cor._n 2._o we_o have_v receive_v the_o spirit_n which_o be_v of_o god_n that_o we_o may_v know_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v give_v to_o we_o of_o god_n so_o likewise_o galath_n 3._o god_n give_v the_o inheritance_n to_o abraham_n by_o promise_n the_o meaning_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v thus_o much_o in_o effect_n the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n shall_v prevail_v with_o god_n and_o be_v offer_v up_o for_o my_o deliverance_n shall_v not_o return_v to_o they_o without_o comfort_n nor_o ascend_v to_o he_o without_o effect_n nor_o concern_v i_o without_o effect_n notwithstanding_o albeit_o they_o shall_v not_o go_v empty_a away_o but_o have_v their_o full_a force_n and_o power_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o learned_a that_o they_o so_o obtain_v as_o that_o my_o deliverance_n be_v to_o be_v wrought_v out_o by_o the_o free_a gift_n of_o his_o grace_n not_o by_o the_o merit_n and_o desert_n of_o your_o prayer_n desert_n 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