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friend_n 8._o joseph_n antip._n l._n 11._o c._n 8._o when_o there_o be_v no_o need_n of_o they_o and_o to_o want_v they_o when_o there_o be_v need_n be_v both_o alike_o easy_a and_o common_a such_o friend_n be_v the_o samaritan_n to_o the_o jew_n who_o claim_v kindred_n of_o they_o in_o their_o prosperity_n but_o in_o their_o adversity_n they_o will_v not_o own_v they_o be_v this_o thy_o kindness_n to_o thy_o friend_n say_v absolom_n to_o hushai_n when_o as_o he_o suppose_v he_o have_v desert_v his_o friend_n david_n 16.17_o 2_o sam._n 16.17_o notwithstanding_o that_o he_o pretend_v great_a love_n unto_o he_o but_o the_o question_n may_v be_v more_o true_o put_v to_o many_o in_o these_o day_n who_o do_v not_o only_o forsake_v their_o friend_n in_o the_o day_n of_o their_o distress_n 9_o tuta_fw-la frequens_fw-la que_fw-la via_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n prov._n 27.6_o dr._n jermin_n in_o loc_fw-la tremel_n melius_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la severitate_fw-la diligere_fw-la quà m_fw-la 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&_o his_o servant_n use_v they_o as_o they_o do_v under_o the_o gospel_n child_n learn_v to_o go_v first_o by_o a_o form_n before_o they_o go_v alone_o if_o some_o man_n have_v long_o learn_v to_o pray_v by_o a_o set_a form_n they_o will_v it_o be_v like_o have_v pray_v better_a without_o they_o than_o they_o do_v obj._n 3_o yet_o there_o be_v one_o thing_n more_o that_o much_o trouble_v the_o godly_a in_o their_o prayer_n they_o can_v confine_v their_o thought_n and_o keep_v they_o to_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n they_o be_v wander_v and_o rove_a so_o that_o they_o fear_v their_o prayer_n will_v not_o be_v regard_v attention_n be_v twofold_a 14._o resp_n ames_n case_n cons_n lib._n 4_o c._n 14._o baldwin_n de_fw-fr case_n conscience_n lib._n 2._o c._n 7._o case_n 14._o actual_a which_o be_v a_o constant_a and_o distinct_a attend_v to_o what_o we_o say_v or_o virtual_a when_o we_o proceed_v in_o the_o same_o disposition_n and_o desire_v of_o attend_v which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o prayer_n the_o former_a be_v most_o laudable_a but_o if_o the_o latter_a be_v not_o want_v our_o prayer_n shall_v not_o be_v reject_v second_o wander_a thought_n and_o distraction_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n some_o arise_v through_o our_o own_o negligence_n and_o be_v voluntary_o admit_v these_o turn_v our_o prayer_n into_o sin_n other_o there_o be_v that_o arise_v not_o so_o much_o from_o our_o own_o neglect_n as_o from_o weakness_n and_o temptation_n of_o satan_n they_o break_v in_o upon_o we_o uninvited_a and_o be_v undergon_v with_o grief_n these_o exclude_v not_o comfort_n our_o devotion_n shall_v not_o be_v loft_n because_o of_o such_o deviation_n god_n be_v much_o delight_v in_o our_o labour_n of_o love_n 6.10_o heb._n 6.10_o heb._n 6.10_o that_o be_v in_o those_o duty_n which_o out_o of_o love_n to_o he_o we_o perform_v with_o labour_n and_o strive_v those_o prayer_n be_v not_o always_o best_o please_v to_o god_n wherein_o we_o please_v ourselves_o best_a or_o which_o we_o perform_v wiâ—h_v most_o facility_n and_o attention_n the_o worst_a prayer_n that_o we_o make_v to_o our_o own_o sense_n speed_v often_o best_o and_o then_o we_o pray_v most_o happy_o when_o we_o arise_v most_o humble_v those_o prayer_n that_o we_o perform_v with_o mighty_a conflict_n and_o opposition_n be_v the_o most_o acceptable_a prayer_n god_n who_o put_v all_o our_o tear_n into_o his_o bottle_n all_o our_o sigh_n into_o his_o bosom_n all_o our_o word_n into_o his_o register_n will_v also_o spread_v that_o sincerity_n that_o zeal_n with_o which_o thou_o entered'_v into_o thy_o prayer_n over_o thy_o whole_a prayer_n and_o where_o thy_o zeal_n be_v too_o short_a christ_n will_v spread_v his_o prayer_n over_o thou_o and_o say_v give_v he_o father_n that_o which_o he_o have_v faithful_o desire_v in_o my_o name_n and_o where_o he_o have_v fail_v through_o wander_n and_o negligence_n there_o father_n forgive_v he_o though_o he_o hear_v not_o what_o he_o say_v only_o be_v 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