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that_o in_o all_o matter_n and_o upon_o all_o occasion_n he_o will_v be_v ready_a to_o bless_v they_o x._o to_o conclude_v it_o be_v a_o infinite_a advantage_n of_o upright_a deal_n that_o at_o the_o last_o issue_n when_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v most_o accurate_o try_v and_o impartial_o decide_v a_o man_n be_v assure_v to_o be_v full_o justify_v in_o it_o and_o plentiful_o reward_v for_o it_o as_o 18._o then_o all_o the_o deceit_n which_o now_o pass_v under_o specious_a mask_n shall_v be_v lay_v bare_a all_o varnish_n of_o pretence_n shall_v be_v wipe_v off_o all_o perverse_a intrigue_n shall_v be_v unravel_v all_o wicked_a and_o base_a intention_n shall_v be_v quite_o strip_v of_o the_o veil_n which_o now_o infold_v they_o all_o shrewd_a contriver_n and_o engineer_n of_o mischief_n all_o practiser_n of_o unjust_a and_o malicious_a guile_n shall_v be_v expose_v to_o shame_n shall_v lie_v down_o in_o sorrow_n so_o than_o the_o righteous_a man_n shall_v stand_v in_o grent_a boldness_n 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desire_n and_o promote_v their_o good_a all_o these_o religious_a performance_n prayer_n in_o its_o large_a notion_n do_v comprise_v according_a whereto_o in_o common_a use_n the_o whole_a body_n of_o divine_a service_n contain_v all_o such_o act_n be_v term_v prayer_n and_o temple_n consecrate_v to_o the_o performance_n of_o all_o holy_a duty_n be_v style_v house_n of_o prayer_n and_o that_o brief_a directory_n or_o pregnant_a form_n of_o all_o devotion_n which_o our_o lord_n dictate_v be_v call_v his_o prayer_n and_o in_o numberless_a place_n of_o scripture_n it_o be_v so_o take_v in_o a_o strict_a sense_n it_o do_v only_o signify_v one_o particular_a act_n among_o those_o the_o petition_n of_o thing_n needful_a or_o useful_a for_o we_o but_o according_a to_o the_o former_a more_o comprehensive_a meaning_n i_o choose_v to_o understand_v it_o here_o both_o because_o it_o be_v most_o common_o so_o use_v then_o especial_o when_o no_o distinctive_a limitation_n be_v annex_v or_o the_o 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