ij_o in_o many_o &_o dyvers_a place_n of_o holy_a scrypture_n we_o be_v exhort_v and_o provoke_v to_o frequentacyon_n of_o prayer_n it_o be_v write_v iii._n ad_fw-la col_fw-fr iii._n orationibê°_n instant_n vigilantes_fw-la in_o eye_n in_o gratiarum_fw-la actione_n use_v you_o to_o pray_v instaunt_o /_o not_o slepyng_o /_o nor_o slouthful_o /_o but_o quyk_o &_o devout_o gyve_n thank_v and_o praysynge_n to_o god_n ¶_o it_o be_v also_o write_v subditus_fw-la esto_fw-la dno_fw-la et_fw-la ora_fw-la eum_fw-la xxxuâ—_n psal_n xxxuâ—_n subdue_v thyself_o man_n to_o thy_o lord_n god_n /_o &_o make_v thy_o prayer_n to_o he_o ¶_o also_o non_fw-la impediaris_fw-la orare_fw-la semper_fw-la xviiâ—_n eccle_n xviiâ—_n lete_n nothing_o be_v impedyment_n to_o the_o /_o but_z that_o thou_o may_v be_v ever_o in_o prayer_n ¶_o also_o our_o savyour_fw-mi cryst_n in_o the_o gospel_n of_o luke_n oportet_fw-la semper_fw-la orare_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la deficere_fw-la xviii_o luce._n xviii_o you_o shall_v ever_o be_v prayeng_v &_o never_o cease_v ¶_o and_o the_o apostle_n saint_n poule_n sine_fw-la intercessione_n orate_fw-la v._n 1._o ad_fw-la thessâ—_n v._n that_o be_v to_o say_v pray_v you_o and_o cease_v not_o ¶_o and_o also_o add_v timotheum_n volo_fw-la ergo_fw-la viros_fw-la orare_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la loco_fw-la i_o will_v that_o man_n be_v prayeng_v in_o every_o place_n but_o because_o these_o word_n sound_v to_o be_v veray_fw-fr streyte_n /_o if_o we_o take_v the_o lytterall_a sense_n of_o they_o for_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a /_o and_o almost_o impossible_a for_o any_o man_n ever_o to_o continue_v in_o actual_a prayer_n a_o certain_a holy_a doctor_n expound_v say_v xvii_o beda_n suplu_fw-la cam_fw-la ca._n xvii_o nunquam_fw-la de_fw-la sinit_fw-la orare_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la desinit_fw-la bnfacere_fw-la as_o long_o as_o a_o man_n be_v do_v any_o good_a dede_n so_o long_o he_o be_v prayeng_v and_o except_o he_o cease_v from_o do_v good_a dede_n he_o cease_v not_o to_o 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