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power_n and_o comfort_n of_o his_o own_o spirit_n 12._o not_o to_o visit_v thy_o sin_n in_o justice_n but_o in_o mercy_n 13._o to_o preserve_v thy_o soul_n from_o the_o hunter_n and_o thy_o darling_n from_o the_o lion_n 14._o to_o give_v his_o angel_n charge_v over_o thou_o in_o thy_o extremity_n 15._o to_o keep_v thou_o from_o 1._o impatiency_n 2._o frenzy_n 3._o distraction_n 4._o idle_n fancy_n 5._o rave_v 6._o rage_v 7._o blaspheme_v etc._n etc._n lest_o thy_o death_n be_v scandalous_a 16._o to_o touch_v thy_o tongue_n with_o a_o coal_n from_o the_o altar_n that_o thou_o may_v speak_v 1._o to_o god_n glory_n 2._o and_o to_o edification_n 17._o to_o die_v the_o death_n of_o the_o righteous_a 18._o last_o to_o receive_v thy_o soul_n into_o that_o new_a jerusalem_n which_o be_v above_o such_o prayer_n we_o have_v upon_o record_n in_o holy_a writ_n as_o of_o david_n psal_n 39_o and_o moses_n psal_n 90._o true_a pattern_n of_o our_o prayer_n in_o this_o kind_n and_o sure_a who_o ever_o 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