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command_v continue_v in_o prayer_n and_o watch_v col._n 4.2_o and_o pray_v without_o cease_v 1_o thes_n 5.17_o and_o how_o can_v these_o command_n be_v obey_v without_o long_a prayer_n answ_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v that_o there_o be_v a_o great_a difference_n between_o long_a prayer_n and_o pray_v long_o the_o one_o be_v unlawful_a because_o forbid_a and_o reprove_v by_o our_o lord_n the_o other_o be_v a_o religious_a duty_n because_o both_o command_v and_o practise_v by_o he_o and_o therefore_o st._n augustin_n say_v oratio_fw-la plus_fw-la gemitibus_fw-la quà m_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la plus_fw-la fletu_fw-la quà m_fw-la afflatu_fw-la and_o it_o be_v thus_o the_o spirit_n help_v our_o infirmity_n by_o quicken_a our_o devotion_n and_o inflame_v our_o desire_n he_o make_v intercession_n for_o we_o i_o e._n as_o the_o same_o father_n secret_o incline_v our_o heart_n to_o intercede_v for_o ourselves_o with_o groan_n that_o can_v be_v utter_v rom._n 8.26_o from_o which_o text_n it_o be_v apparent_a quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o enthusiast_n sense_n thereof_o that_o it_o be_v inward_a groan_n not_o outward_a bellow_n the_o internal_a fervent_a desire_n of_o the_o soul_n not_o multitude_n of_o word_n which_o be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o prayer_n the_o ordinary_a gloss_n out_o of_o st._n chrysostome_n ask_v the_o same_o question_n if_o we_o must_v not_o use_v many_o word_n in_o our_o prayer_n how_o shall_v we_o pray_v without_o cease_v as_o it_o be_v command_v and_o answer_v out_o of_o the_o same_o father_n that_o both_o be_v to_o he_o observe_v in_o our_o religious_a devotion_n viz._n 1._o that_o our_o prayer_n be_v short_a and_o 2_o frequent_v and_o continue_v so_o christ_n have_v both_o command_v and_o also_o exemplify_v in_o his_o personal_a prayer_n and_o st._n paul_n also_o that_o our_o prayer_n be_v short_a but_o often_o renew_v in_o few_o word_n but_o with_o great_a devotion_n end_v brief_o and_o begin_v afresh_o 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prayer_n we_o many_o and_o often_o night_n and_o day_n continue_v and_o yet_o that_o they_o be_v short_a also_o not_o only_o in_o their_o solemn_a assembly_n and_o public_a office_n of_o devotion_n but_o also_o that_o their_o private_a prayer_n be_v as_o so_o many_o rapture_n and_o ejaculation_n or_o desire_n dart_v up_o into_o heaven_n for_o as_o the_o father_n say_v thereupon_o bsit_fw-la ab_fw-la oratione_fw-la multa_fw-la lobutio_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la desit_fw-la multa_fw-la precatio_fw-la si_fw-la fervens_fw-la perseveret_fw-la intentio_fw-la let_v not_o our_o devotion_n be_v accompany_v with_o much_o speak_n but_o much_o pray_n so_o long_o as_o we_o can_v hold_v out_o in_o attention_n and_o fervency_n finis_fw-la dr_n stevvard_n judgement_n of_o a_o private_a prayer_n in_o public_a relate_v to_o the_o order_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n with_o a_o account_n of_o
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and_o so_o say_v our_o lord_n of_o all_o heathen_a people_n that_o they_o think_v they_o shall_v be_v heart_n for_o their_o much_o speak_n which_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o true_a faith_n of_o a_o christian_a who_o believe_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o omniscience_n and_o omnipresence_n of_o god_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o eight_o verse_n your_o heavenly_a father_n know_v what_o thing_n you_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o before_o you_o ask_v which_o divine_a truth_n be_v implicate_o deny_v by_o loud_a and_o long_a prayer_n long_o prayer_n be_v not_o only_o forbid_v by_o our_o lord_n as_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o heathen_a but_o also_o frequent_o reprove_v by_o he_o as_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o hypocrite_n who_o love_n to_o stand_v pray_v in_o the_o synagogue_n and_o in_o the_o corner_n of_o the_o street_n that_o they_o may_v be_v see_v of_o man_n that_o they_o may_v be_v take_v notice_n of_o for_o godly_a man_n desire_v rather_o to_o seem_v than_o real_o to_o be_v 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