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the_o lord_n prayer_n twice_o and_o sometime_o more_o in_o our_o daily_a devotion_n for_o why_o may_v not_o our_o people_n receive_v as_o much_o spiritual_a comfort_n as_o mr._n baxter_n say_v he_o do_v in_o such_o repetition_n and_o can_v a_o good_a thing_n be_v repeat_v too_o often_o they_o say_v it_o can_v when_o they_o require_v their_o follower_n to_o attend_v the_o repetition_n of_o their_o sermon_n and_o i_o presume_v they_o dare_v not_o say_v that_o the_o very_o best_a of_o their_o discourse_n be_v so_o good_a as_o the_o lord_n prayer_n or_o that_o the_o word_n of_o uninspired_a man_n be_v equal_a to_o the_o word_n of_o jesus_n christ_n beside_o the_o lord_n prayer_n be_v deliver_v by_o the_o two_o evangelist_n with_o some_o little_a alteration_n the_o one_o recite_v the_o doxology_n the_o other_o omit_v it_o therefore_o also_o we_o repeat_v this_o prayer_n once_o with_o and_o once_o without_o it_o in_o the_o one_o end_v thus_o deliver_v we_o from_o evil_a amen_o as_o st._n 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