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new_a refuge_n for_o thy_o name_n sake_n o_o lord_n pardon_v my_o iniquity_n etc._n etc._n 3._o and_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o do_v but_o put_v off_o the_o temptation_n a_o three_o time_n with_o the_o same_o expedient_a v_o 18_o look_v upon_o my_o affliction_n and_o my_o pain_n and_o forgive_v all_o my_o sin_n and_o thus_o you_o see_v how_o this_o try_a saint_n answer_v every_o new_a challenge_n from_o sin_n satan_n and_o his_o own_o accuse_v conscience_n with_o prayer_n prayer_n be_v the_o last_o piece_n of_o spiritual_a armour_n which_o that_o great_a apostle_n prescribe_v the_o combat_v christian_n ephes._n 6._o 18_o pray_v always_o etc._n etc._n and_o one_o give_v this_o reason_n because_o it_o be_v not_o only_o a_o part_n of_o the_o armour_n but_o it_o enable_v we_o to_o use_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o be_v not_o only_o a_o charm_n against_o that_o crooked_a serpent_n to_o inchant_v he_o but_o a_o whip_n to_o torment_v he_o and_o put_v he_o to_o another_o hell_n by_o this_o we_o 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out_o against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v etc._n etc._n psal._n 51._o 4._o every_o sin_n be_v a_o violation_n of_o his_o law_n who_o be_v the_o only_a lawgiver_n jam._n 4._o 12._o though_o then_o david_n know_v he_o be_v not_o innocent_a either_o to_o bathsheba_n or_o uriah_n yet_o the_o sin_n be_v main_o against_o god_n in_o that_o he_o have_v hereby_o give_v his_o enemy_n occasion_n to_o blaspheme_v he_o 2_o sam._n 12._o 14._o 4._o it_o be_v god_n property_n to_o pardon_v sin_n and_o therefore_o to_o he_o alone_o we_o be_v to_o pray_v isa._n 43._o 25_o i_o even_o i_o be_o he_o that_o put_v away_o thy_o iniquity_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o will_v not_o remember_v thy_o sin_n this_o god_n challenge_v as_o his_o peculiar_a right_n dan._n 9_o 9_o compassion_n and_o forgiveness_n be_v in_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n albeit_o we_o have_v rebel_v against_o he_o to_o thou_o o_o lord_n belong_v mercy_n etc._n etc._n psal._n 62._o 11._o use._n oh_o then_o let_v we_o all_o set_v up_o this_o trade_n of_o prayer_n and_o say_v as_o peter_n to_o who_o else_o shall_v we_o go_v but_o only_o unto_o god_n but_o remember_v that_o we_o pray_v to_o god_n in_o christ_n for_o there_o be_v no_o come_n to_o the_o father_n but_o by_o the_o son_n joh._n 14._o 6._o and_o for_o our_o encouragement_n we_o be_v assure_v whatever_o we_o ask_v of_o god_n in_o his_o name_n he_o will_v deny_v we_o nothing_o it_o be_v but_o to_o open_v our_o mouth_n wide_a and_o god_n will_v fill_v they_o ps._n 81._o 10._o it_o be_v story_v of_o reverend_a doctor_n preston_n that_o be_v on_o a_o time_n in_o company_n with_o some_o godly_a man_n one_o of_o they_o ask_v what_o be_v the_o best_a trade_n whereunto_o he_o answer_v beggar_n be_v both_o the_o hard_a and_o the_o rich_a trade_n he_o mean_v prayer_n the_o hard_a to_o be_v well_o manage_v and_o yet_o the_o rich_a when_o it_o be_v well_o follow_v oh_o what_o rich_a return_n do_v this_o duty_n bring_v home_o like_o a_o merchant_n ship_n come_v from_o 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