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must_v stir_v we_o up_o to_o fervent_a and_o long_a prayer_n and_o how_o by_o importunity_n we_o shall_v prevail_v with_o god_n and_o what_o thing_n else_o may_v quicken_v we_o unto_o fervent_a prayer_n the_o second_o part_n of_o the_o inward_a virtue_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o grace_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n which_o we_o must_v not_o only_o have_v humility_n the_o second_o inward_a virtue_n be_v the_o hope_n that_o by_o faith_n we_o shall_v have_v of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n upon_o our_o true_a humility_n but_o labour_v to_o be_v further_v in_o by_o this_o outward_a exercise_n of_o fast_v and_o to_o which_o end_n we_o do_v undertake_v it_o and_o which_o also_o we_o must_v open_o profess_v be_v a_o assurance_n &_o full_a hope_n that_o god_n for_o christ_n his_o sake_n upon_o our_o true_a repentance_n for_o our_o sin_n and_o unfeigned_a humiliation_n for_o they_o and_o forsake_v of_o they_o will_v pardon_v they_o all_o and_o will_v give_v we_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o we_o 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thereby_o may_v be_v humble_v and_o cast_v down_o also_o in_o itself_o fore_o god_n so_o that_o this_o outward_a abstinence_n be_v therefore_o command_v that_o we_o may_v feel_v in_o our_o soul_n and_o in_o feel_v outward_o may_v profess_v that_o we_o be_v unworthy_a for_o our_o sin_n either_o of_o life_n or_o of_o any_o thing_n that_o belong_v to_o the_o uphold_v of_o it_o and_o therefore_o we_o do_v willing_o for_o a_o time_n bereave_v ourselves_o of_o the_o use_n of_o they_o so_o that_o upon_o this_o and_o such_o like_a day_n we_o ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o comfort_n of_o the_o body_n to_o these_o end_n both_o that_o we_o may_v thereby_o the_o