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A30158 I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also, or, A discourse touching prayer, from I Cor. 14.15 wherein is briefly discovered 1. What prayer is, 2. What it is to pray with the spirit, 3. What it is to pray with the spirit and with the understanding also / by John Bunyan. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. 1663 (1663) Wing B5541; ESTC R33259 38,056 122

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begin_v but_o hold_v it_o i_o will_v not_o let_v thou_o go_v unless_o thou_o bless_v i_o gen._n 32._o so_o do_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o godly_a hos._n 12._o 4._o but_o this_o can_v not_o be_v without_o the_o spirit_n of_o prayer_n it_o be_v through_o the_o spirit_n that_o we_o have_v access_n to_o the_o father_n ephes._n 2._o 18._o that_o same_o be_v a_o remarkable_a place_n in_o judas_n when_o he_o stir_v up_o the_o saint_n by_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o wicked_a to_o stand_v fast_o and_o continue_v or_o hold_v out_o in_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o gospel_n as_o one_o excellent_a mean_n thereto_o without_o which_o he_o know_v they_o will_v never_o be_v able_a to_o do_v it_o say_v he_o build_v up_o yourselves_o in_o your_o most_o holy_a faith_n pray_v in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n judas_n 20._o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v brethren_n as_o eternal_a life_n be_v lay_v up_o for_o the_o person_n that_o hold_v out_o only_o so_o you_o can_v hold_v out_o unless_o you_o continue_v 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