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14.2_o take_v with_o you_o word_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v to_o he_o take_v away_o all_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o so_o will_v we_o render_v the_o calf_n of_o our_o li_n the_o only_a fatling_n which_o we_o be_v now_o to_o offer_v if_o word_n be_v needful_a to_o digest_v our_o thought_n and_o shape_v the_o idea_n that_o arise_v out_o of_o our_o mind_n if_o they_o make_v we_o more_o sensible_a of_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o conceive_v and_o a_o happy_a expression_n that_o exact_o fit_v our_o mean_v give_v such_o a_o pleasure_n as_o the_o joy_n of_o a_o newborn_a child_n then_o in_o our_o address_n to_o god_n where_o we_o have_v need_n of_o all_o help_n where_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v the_o lively_a sense_n and_o our_o dulness_n want_v to_o be_v excite_v by_o pathetic_a word_n and_o all_o quicken_a mean_n we_o may_v find_v it_o very_o advantageous_a to_o the_o service_n to_o form_v our_o notion_n into_o agreeable_a expression_n yea_o tho'_o we_o be_v by_o ourselves_o yet_o to_o speak_v in_o our_o own_o hear_v such_o word_n of_o prayer_n as_o we_o find_v conduce_v to_o compose_v our_o thought_n and_o set_v our_o affection_n afloat_o and_o make_v we_o in_o earnest_a upon_o it_o fervent_a in_o spirit_n serve_v the_o lord_n here_o then_o where_o we_o be_v under_o no_o limitation_n but_o leave_v to_o ourselves_o whether_o we_o will_v at_o all_o time_n think_v or_o speak_v our_o prayer_n our_o care_n must_v be_v to_o take_v that_o way_n which_o help_v we_o to_o perform_v our_o office_n best_o and_o make_v we_o most_o sincere_a and_o lively_a zealous_a and_o devout_a that_o we_o may_v do_v all_o hearty_o as_o to_o the_o lord_n and_o approve_v ourselves_o unto_o god_n in_o be_v curious_a to_o examine_v and_o discern_v what_o be_v best_a and_o conscientious_a to_o hold_v in_o word_n or_o pour_v they_o out_o thereafter_o as_o we_o find_v they_o to_o help_n or_o else_o hinder_v we_o in_o the_o service_n sect_n iii_o the_o liberty_n to_o use_v long_a prayer_n or_o short_n length_n or_o brevity_n be_v such_o indifferency_n as_o do_v not_o enter_v the_o essence_n of_o prayer_n for_o either_o of_o they_o may_v be_v good_a or_o bad_a thereafter_o as_o they_o be_v design_v and_o use_v a_o short_a prayer_n make_v so_o through_o dislike_n and_o weariness_n of_o god_n service_n and_o a_o long_a one_o stretch_v out_o in_o pride_n and_o ostentation_n of_o part_n or_o affectation_n to_o be_v tedious_a that_o we_o may_v be_v think_v more_o pious_a be_v both_o of_o they_o equal_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n but_o when_o we_o contract_v our_o prayer_n that_o we_o may_v strengthen_v our_o devotion_n and_o cut_v they_o short_a to_o make_v they_o the_o lively_a such_o short_a prayer_n shall_v prove_v long_o enough_o to_o reach_v to_o heaven_n and_o so_o we_o pray_v much_o tho'_o we_o say_v but_o little_a and_o again_o when_o we_o enlarge_v our_o prayer_n as_o we_o find_v our_o heart_n enlarge_v our_o attention_n and_o affection_n keep_v pace_n with_o our_o matter_n and_o expression_n we_o need_v not_o fear_v the_o guilt_n of_o that_o much-speaking_a condemn_v matth._n 6.7_o nor_o of_o the_o long_a prayer_n chap._n 23.14_o make_v a_o pretence_n to_o eat_v up_o the_o widow_n when_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n move_v on_o the_o face_n of_o the_o water_n to_o raise_v up_o a_o full_a tide_n of_o affection_n in_o our_o soul_n we_o have_v a_o call_v and_o invitation_n then_o to_o be_v more_o free_a and_o full_a in_o pour_v out_o our_o heart_n before_o the_o lord_n and_o at_o low_a ebb_n we_o must_v take_v up_o with_o ordinary_a office_n no_o matter_n how_o short_a be_v the_o cold_a and_o dull_a prayer_n but_o
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