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prayer_n and_o meditation_n before_o receive_v the_o lord_n supper_n p._n 36_o a_o prayer_n for_o the_o grace_n of_o repentance_n with_o a_o confession_n of_o sin_n p._n 47_o a_o particular_a meditation_n before_o receive_v the_o holy_a communion_n p._n 51_o a_o prayer_n when_o thou_o be_v upon_o go_v to_o the_o lord_n table_n p._n 59_o a_o ejaculation_n immediate_o before_o the_o receive_n p._n 60_o admonition_n after_o receive_v the_o holy_a communion_n p._n 61_o a_o prayer_n after_o you_o have_v receive_v p._n 63_o in_o time_n of_o persecution_n and_o heresy_n p._n 66_o in_o trouble_n occasion_v by_o our_o enemy_n p._n 68_o man_n in_o darkness_n or_o a_o discourse_n of_o death_n p._n 71_o a_o prayer_n in_o time_n of_o sickness_n p._n 127_o a_o prayer_n in_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n p._n 130_o man_n in_o glory_n or_o a_o discourse_n of_o the_o bless_a estate_n of_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n p._n 133_o finis_fw-la admonition_n for_o morning-prayer_n the_o night_n say_v 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