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as_o we_o forgive_v our_o debtor_n but_o because_o all_o these_o particular_n though_o to_o another_o end_n and_o after_o another_o manner_n have_v be_v already_o discourse_v in_o this_o treatise_n here_o of_o purpose_n i_o omit_v their_o further_a handle_v petition_n 4_o the_o deprecation_n of_o this_o petition_n and_o this_o may_v suffice_v for_o the_o supplication_n comprehend_v the_o thing_n we_o pray_v for_o in_o this_o petition_n now_o follow_v the_o four_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o deprecation_n contain_v those_o thing_n which_o we_o pray_v against_o and_o they_o be_v these_o six_o follow_v 4.4_o blindness_n of_o mind_n 2._o cor._n 4.4_o 1_o blindness_n of_o mind_n which_o be_v when_o man_n continue_v in_o sin_n without_o any_o consideration_n thereof_o either_o banish_v the_o thought_n of_o it_o out_o of_o their_o mind_n or_o slubber_v the_o matter_n over_o with_o a_o negligent_a conceit_n as_o that_o we_o be_v all_o sinner_n and_o the_o best_a man_n have_v his_o infirmity_n 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