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q._n how_o prove_v you_o all_o this_o a._n in_o 1._o pet._n 5._o 5._o 5._o godresi_v the_o proud_a but_o give_v grace_n to_o the_o lowly_a the_o publican_n come_v in_o all_o humility_n 14._o when_o he_o dare_v not_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n to_o heaven_n but_o fall_v down_o 14._o and_o say_v lord_n be_v merciful_a to_o i_o a_o sinner_n and_o the_o lord_n jesus_n say_v he_o go_v home_n more_o justify_v than_o the_o other_o such_o humility_n have_v the_o centurion_n when_o he_o say_v 6._o lord_n i_o be_o not_o worthy_a thou_o shall_v enter_v under_o my_o roof_n etc._n etc._n the_o four_o condition_n q._n what_o be_v the_o four_o a._n it_o be_v also_o require_v that_o our_o prayer_n be_v neither_o cold_a nor_o faint_a but_o zealous_a and_o earnest_a not_o come_v only_o from_o our_o lip_n but_o from_o the_o bottom_n of_o our_o heart_n q._n what_o reason_n have_v you_o for_o that_o a._n because_o it_o be_v as_o odious_a and_o unseemly_o a_o thing_n for_o a_o man_n heart_n to_o be_v lead_v 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