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upon_o the_o sin_n ver_fw-la 14._o and_o they_o have_v not_o cry_v unto_o i_o with_o their_o heart_n when_o they_o howl_v upon_o their_o bed_n they_o assemble_v themselves_o for_o corn_n and_o wine_n and_o they_o rebel_v against_o i_o and_o they_o have_v not_o cry_v unto_o i_o the_o seventy_o have_v it_o thus_o heart-prayer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 70._o heart-prayer_n their_o heart_n have_v not_o cry_v to_o i_o where_o we_o may_v see_v that_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o cry_v with_o with_o the_o mouth_n except_o the_o heart_n cry_v as_o well_o as_o the_o mouth_n we_o read_v of_o moses_n who_o though_o he_o speak_v not_o a_o word_n that_o be_v express_v in_o the_o text_n yet_o it_o be_v say_v he_o pray_v it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o the_o heart_n that_o be_v the_o heart_n of_o prayer_n luther_n oratio_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la ardua_fw-la &_o magni_fw-la laboris_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la difficillimum_fw-la ideo_fw-la rarissimum_fw-la luther_n therefore_o when_o elijah_n 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