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keep_v off_o judgement_n from_o they_o the_o saint_n be_v like_o sampsons_n hair_n the_o strength_n of_o the_o land_n and_o the_o very_a pillar_n of_o a_o state_n even_o such_o pillar_n that_o ten_o of_o they_o will_v have_v support_v sodom_n from_o fall_v and_o their_o prayer_n will_v have_v cry_v loud_o in_o god_n ear_n for_o mercy_n than_o the_o sin_n of_o those_o thousand_o do_v for_o vengeance_n the_o prayer_n of_o a_o righteous_a man_n avail_v much_o say_v st._n james_n if_o it_o be_v fervent_a chap._n 5.16_o i_o need_v not_o tell_v you_o what_o prayer_n have_v do_v as_o that_o it_o have_v shut_v up_o the_o heaven_n from_o rain_v and_o open_v they_o again_o make_v the_o sun_n stand_v still_o in_o the_o firmament_n one_o while_n go_v back_o another_o divide_v the_o sea_n and_o make_v it_o stand_v as_o a_o wall_n fetch_v fire_n and_o hailstone_n from_o heaven_n throw_v down_o the_o wale_n of_o jerico_fw-la subdue_v kingdom_n stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o lion_n quench_v the_o violence_n of_o fire_n raise_v the_o dead_a let_v out_o of_o prison_n etc._n etc._n only_o see_v what_o it_o have_v do_v in_o this_o very_a case_n be_v not_o abraham_n prayer_n so_o powerful_a that_o god_n never_o leave_v grant_v one_o request_n after_o another_o touch_v sodom_n until_o he_o leave_v ask_v gen._n 18.32_o be_v not_o moses_n prayer_n for_o the_o people_n when_o they_o have_v make_v the_o golden_a calf_n and_o impute_v their_o deliverance_n to_o it_o so_o powerful_a that_o god_n be_v fain_o to_o say_v unto_o he_o let_v i_o alone_o moses_n that_o my_o wrath_n may_v wax_v hot_a against_o they_o and_o consume_v they_o and_o yet_o moses_n will_v not_o let_v he_o alone_o but_o plead_v his_o promise_n what_o the_o egyptian_n will_v say_v etc._n etc._n until_o he_o have_v obtain_v their_o pardon_n though_o god_n promise_v to_o make_v of_o he_o a_o mighty_a people_n exod._n 32.10_o to_o 15._o be_v not_o lot_n prayer_n touch_v zoar_n so_o powerful_a that_o god_n say_v unto_o he_o i_o have_v receive_v thy_o request_n concern_v this_o thing_n that_o i_o will_v not_o overthrow_v this_o city_n for_o the_o which_o thou_o have_v speak_v add_v this_o moreover_o that_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o to_o sodom_n until_o he_o be_v enter_v into_o zoar_n gen._n 19.20.21.22_o thus_o the_o prayer_n of_o abraham_n remove_v that_o judgement_n from_o abimelecke_n his_o wife_n and_o woman_n servant_n when_o the_o lord_n have_v shut_v every_o womb_n gen._n 20.17.18_o thus_o moses_n prayer_n remove_v the_o leprosy_n from_o mirriam_n num._n 12.13.14.15_o and_o keep_v off_o sundry_a judgement_n from_o the_o israelite_n as_o when_o they_o murmur_v against_o he_o at_o the_o red_a sea_n exod._n 14.11.15_o again_o at_o the_o water_n of_o marah_n chap._n 15.25_o then_o at_o the_o desert_n of_o zim_n chap._n 16._o then_o at_o repidim_n chap._n 17.4_o then_o when_o they_o fight_v with_o amalecke_n ver_fw-la 11._o after_o when_o the_o lord_n will_v utter_o have_v consume_v they_o chapter_n 32.10_o to_o 35._o then_o he_o remove_v from_o they_o that_o judgement_n of_o fire_n which_o burn_v among_o they_o num._n 11.1.2_o again_o when_o they_o murmur_v for_o flesh_n vers_fw-la 4.10.31_o after_o that_o he_o save_v they_o from_o be_v consume_v by_o the_o pestilence_n num._n 14.12_o to_o 21._o then_o from_o another_o plague_n chap._n 16.45_o to_o 49._o and_o last_o he_o take_v away_o the_o serpent_n by_o his_o prayer_n num._n 20.6.7.8_o again_o how_o many_o several_a plague_n do_v he_o remove_v from_o pharaoh_n and_o all_o egypt_n by_o his_o prayer_n as_o first_o the_o judgement_n of_o frog_n exod._n 8.8_o then_o the_o judgement_n of_o fly_n ver_fw-la 30.31_o then_o the_o thunder_n hail_o and_o fire_n chap._n 9.33_o then_o the_o grasshopper_n chap._n 10.18.19_o etc._n etc._n thus_o by_o the_o prayer_n of_o jehoahas_n all_o israel_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n 2_o king_n 13.4.5_o and_o by_o samuel_n prayer_n the_o israelite_n be_v 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