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for_o as_o we_o ought_v but_o the_o spirit_n itself_o make_v intercession_n for_o we_o rom._n viij_o 26._o god_n bid_v solomon_n ask_v what_o he_o will_v but_o withal_o inspire_v he_o with_o such_o a_o prayer_n as_o shall_v find_v acceptance_n 3._o a_o three_o thing_n observable_a be_v the_o reality_n and_o efficacy_n of_o this_o proffer_n what_o shall_v i_o do_v for_o thou_o there_o be_v substance_n and_o reality_n in_o that_o word_n alas_o what_o can_v elijah_n do_v for_o temporal_a blessing_n he_o be_v to_o seek_v himself_o for_o spiritual_a they_o be_v the_o immediate_a dispensation_n of_o god_n himself_o true_a and_o yet_o he_o call_v it_o a_o do_v and_o give_v faith_n reckon_v upon_o prayer_n and_o intercession_n it_o make_v according_a to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n as_o if_o they_o be_v real_a and_o full_a donation_n be_v as_o sure_a to_o obtain_v they_o as_o if_o it_o be_v already_o put_v into_o the_o possession_n of_o they_o see_v this_o in_o isaac_n benediction_n and_o 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may_v exempt_v or_o secure_v from_o some_o other_o annoyance_n but_o scarcity_n and_o famine_n that_o strike_v at_o the_o life_n of_o every_o man_n all_o must_v beg_v daily_a bread_n the_o profit_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v for_o all_o the_o king_n himself_o be_v serve_v by_o the_o field_n eccles._n v._n 9_o no_o king_n can_v help_v against_o this_o judgement_n if_o the_o lord_n do_v not_o help_v thou_o whence_o shall_v i_o help_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o barn-floor_n or_o out_o of_o the_o wine-press_n say_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n in_o the_o famine_n of_o samaria_n 2_o king_n vi_fw-la 27._o these_o extremity_n be_v unavoidable_a they_o will_v make_v we_o look_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o say_v with_o jehosaphat_n o_o lord_n we_o have_v no_o might_n against_o this_o judgement_n that_o come_v upon_o we_o neither_o know_v we_o what_o to_o do_v but_o our_o eye_n be_v towards_o thou_o 2_o chron._n xx_o 12._o iii_o a_o three_o extraction_n from_o the_o text_n be_v god_n own_o child_n and_o 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