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and_o in_o the_o seventeenth_o chap._n you_o shall_v see_v his_o prayer_n to_o the_o father_n and_o that_o prayer_n shall_v remain_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o shall_v never_o go_v out_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o father_n this_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n be_v get_v first_o by_o the_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o next_o by_o the_o earnest_a prayer_n and_o intercession_n of_o jesus_n ere_o ever_o man_n or_o woman_n get_v that_o spirit_n it_o behoove_v the_o lord_n jesus_n to_o buy_v he_o with_o his_o precious_a blood_n and_o if_o god_n have_v not_o die_v the_o world_n have_v not_o get_v the_o spirit_n what_o dough_n a_o man_n and_o he_o be_v a_o king_n and_o he_o get_v not_o that_o spirit_n the_o lord_n merit_v that_o spirit_n by_o his_o death_n ere_o ever_o we_o get_v that_o spirit_n he_o have_v merit_v it_o yea_o and_o christ_n must_v rise_v again_o and_o must_v pass_v up_o to_o heaven_n and_o be_v glorify_v and_o there_o he_o must_v be_v a_o 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affliction_n this_o spirit_n shall_v be_v with_o you_o he_o shall_v never_o leave_v you_o all_o the_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v not_o separate_v thou_o from_o christ_n and_o if_o thou_o have_v this_o spirit_n how_o shall_v thou_o find_v this_o none_o shall_v take_v your_o joy_n from_o you_o john_n chapter_n 16._o verse_n 22._o if_o thou_o find_v joy_n in_o thy_o calamity_n that_o be_v a_o token_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o spirit_n there_o be_v no_o death_n can_v separate_v thou_o from_o christ_n but_o the_o great_a oppression_n thou_o lie_v under_o and_o the_o great_a the_o pain_n be_v the_o more_o sure_a shall_v thou_o be_v of_o the_o spirit_n the_o more_o shall_v he_o comfort_v thou_o the_o great_a shall_v thy_o joy_n be_v the_o martyr_n who_o have_v be_v burn_v in_o the_o fire_n have_v feel_v this_o this_o be_v a_o false_a doctrine_n that_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n can_v depart_v clean_o away_o from_o they_o who_o have_v once_o get_v he_o for_o as_o it_o be_v 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