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my_o prayer_n so_o he_o make_v prayer_n the_o scale_a ladder_n to_o get_v upon_o that_o rock_n and_o into_o that_o tower_n that_o otherwise_o have_v be_v too_o high_a for_o he_o he_o get_v that_o safety_n and_o deliverance_n which_o otherwise_o but_o by_o prayer_n unto_o god_n have_v be_v impossible_a to_o have_v be_v obtain_v when_o david_n be_v in_o danger_n of_o saul_n see_v what_o resolution_n he_o take_v up_o psal_n 57_o 1._o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o thy_o wing_n will_v i_o make_v my_o refuge_n until_o these_o calamity_n be_v overpast_a we_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o title_n of_o the_o psalm_n that_o david_n be_v then_o in_o the_o cave_n it_o be_v say_v 1_o sam._n 23._o 29._o that_o david_n go_v and_o dwell_v in_o the_o strong_a hold_v at_o en-gedi_a and_o this_o cave_n that_o now_o david_n be_v in_o be_v among_o those_o strong_a hold_n as_o appear_v 1_o sam._n 24._o so_o that_o david_n in_o the_o cave_n be_v in_o a_o strong_a hold_n and_o yet_o david_n think_v there_o be_v 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shall_v send_v forth_o his_o mercy_n and_o his_o truth_n when_o we_o send_v prayer_n up_o to_o heaven_n god_n he_o will_v send_v help_v down_o from_o heaven_n when_o we_o send_v forth_o our_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n god_n will_v send_v forth_o his_o mercy_n and_o his_o truth_n his_o power_n and_o will_v set_v all_o his_o attribute_n on_o work_n for_o the_o effect_n of_o our_o safety_n and_o deliverance_n indeed_o it_o be_v trust_v and_o so_o thrust_v ourselves_o under_o the_o covert_n of_o god_n wing_n in_o which_o our_o safety_n lie_v as_o before_o we_o see_v and_o so_o david_n take_v that_o course_n vers_n 1._o but_o yet_o david_n pray_v to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o he_o trust_v in_o god_n and_o unless_o we_o pray_v as_o well_o as_o trust_v our_o trust_n will_v fail_v we_o for_o we_o must_v trust_v to_o god_n for_o that_o we_o pray_v for_o that_o same_o be_v a_o excellent_a passage_n isai_n 5â—_n 1â—_n when_o the_o enemy_n shall_v come_v in_o like_o a_o flood_n the_o spirit_n 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of_o the_o faithful_a by_o the_o spirit_n who_o be_v therefore_o call_v the_o spirit_n of_o prayer_n yet_o may_v we_o allude_v at_o least_o unto_o it_o and_o say_v that_o when_o a_o enemy_n or_o pestilence_n or_o famine_n shall_v come_v in_o like_o a_o flood_n shall_v come_v and_o overspread_v itself_o like_o a_o flood_n and_o shall_v like_v a_o flood_n come_v unresistable_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n stir_v up_o prayer_n in_o his_o people_n heart_n shall_v lift_v up_o a_o standard_n against_o
it_o be_v a_o dead_a charity_n so_o be_v the_o case_n with_o faith_n this_o be_v lay_v down_o verse_n 15._o 16._o 17._o the_o second_o be_v take_v from_o the_o impossibility_n of_o the_o manifestation_n of_o faith_n without_o the_o fruit_n of_o it_o i'faith_o where_o ever_o it_o be_v may_v be_v and_o will_v be_v manifest_v it_o be_v with_o faith_n as_o it_o be_v with_o christ_n he_o can_v not_o be_v hide_v a_o faith_n that_o can_v keep_v house_n and_o skulk_v and_o lie_v close_o be_v not_o a_o right_n breed_v faith_n vers_fw-la 18._o the_o three_o be_v take_v from_o a_o absurdity_n it_o be_v a_o absurd_a thing_n that_o a_o christian_n shall_v have_v no_o better_o a_o faith_n than_o the_o devil_n in_o hell_n have_v and_o such_o a_o faith_n may_v they_o have_v vers_fw-la 19_o the_o four_o be_v take_v from_o a_o adjunct_n of_o privation_n because_o such_o a_o faith_n as_o be_v without_o work_n be_v a_o dead_a faith_n how_o can_v he_o be_v a_o live_a christian_a who_o faith_n be_v dead_a that_o be_v lay_v down_o vers_fw-la 20._o how_o can_v a_o dead_a faith_n bring_v a_o man_n to_o life_n the_o five_o be_v take_v from_o a_o comparison_n from_o the_o less_o because_o such_o a_o faith_n can_v justify_v if_o not_o justify_v than_o not_o save_v if_o not_o the_o less_o than_o not_o the_o great_a and_o this_o argument_n he_o illustrate_v by_o two_o example_n of_o abraham_n and_o rahab_n in_o the_o example_n of_o abraham_n there_o be_v these_o thing_n considerable_a first_o he_o lay_v down_o his_o proposition_n that_o abraham_n be_v justify_v by_o a_o work_a faith_n vers_fw-la 21._o for_o that_o be_v the_o meaning_n of_o those_o word_n and_o the_o apostle_n by_o work_n understand_v faith_n which_o have_v work_n as_o appear_v by_o that_o vers_n 18._o thou_o have_v faith_n it_o be_v a_o naked_a and_o empty_a faith_n without_o work_n i_o have_v work_n that_o be_v faith_n which_o break_v forth_o and_o manifest_v itself_o in_o work_n when_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n say_v that_o 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without_o faith_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o please_v god_n hebrew_n 11._o 6._o 2._o that_o his_o faith_n be_v make_v perfect_a by_o his_o work_n that_o be_v by_o these_o work_n of_o he_o it_o be_v clear_o manifest_v that_o his_o faith_n be_v a_o lively_a true_a and_o perfect_a faith_n vers_fw-la 22._o four_o he_o conclude_v that_o which_o he_o have_v lay_v down_o at_o first_o that_o abraham_n be_v justify_v not_o by_o a_o idle_a but_o by_o a_o lively_a work_a faith_n and_o this_o conclusion_n he_o prove_v by_o a_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n vers_fw-la 23._o the_o testimony_n be_v take_v from_o gen._n 15._o 6._o for_o by_o the_o work_n of_o abraham_n it_o appear_v that_o faith_n of_o which_o moses_n there_o speak_v be_v not_o a_o slothful_a but_o a_o work_a faith_n and_o that_o faith_n of_o abraham_n he_o set_v forth_o by_o another_o consequent_a that_o follow_v upon_o it_o beside_o that_o which_o be_v specify_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o scripture_n for_o take_v the_o word_n 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