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scotch_a irish_a french_a dutch_a etc._n etc._n insomuch_o that_o perchance_o thou_o do_v not_o understand_v one_o syllable_n of_o their_o prayer_n by_o who_o thou_o may_v reap_v benefit_n tim._n be_v it_o not_o requisite_a to_o entitle_v i_o to_o the_o profit_n of_o other_o man_n prayer_n that_o i_o particular_o know_v their_o person_n which_o pray_v for_o i_o phil._n not_o at_o all_o no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v needful_a that_o the_o eye_n or_o face_n must_v see_v the_o backward_a part_n which_o be_v difficult_a or_o the_o inward_a part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v impossible_a without_o which_o sight_n by_o sympathy_n they_o serve_v one_o another_o and_o such_o be_v the_o correspondency_n by_o prayer_n betwixt_o the_o mystical_a member_n of_o christ_n body_n corporal_o unseen_a one_o by_o another_o tim._n proceed_v to_o a_o five_o meditation_n phil._n consider_v there_o be_v five_o kind_n of_o conscience_n on_o foot_n in_o the_o world_n first_o a_o ignorant_a conscience_n 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