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to_o praise_v the_o lord_n and_o to_o tell_v unto_o other_o what_o he_o have_v do_v for_o they_o when_o those_o thing_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v mere_a casual_a and_o come_v by_o fortune_n and_o chance_n be_v obtain_v which_o clause_n of_o praise_v the_o lord_n and_o tell_v unto_o other_o what_o thing_n he_o have_v grant_v at_o the_o request_n of_o their_o prayer_n be_v add_v in_o the_o psalm_n unto_o the_o end_n of_o every_o several_a benefit_n grant_v unto_o they_o but_o all_o man_n conceive_v not_o this_o doctrine_n they_o be_v his_o child_n alone_o who_o in_o heart_n be_v assure_v that_o these_o which_o common_o we_o call_v casual_a thing_n be_v dispose_v by_o he_o at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o his_o will_n &_o grant_v as_o pledge_n of_o his_o goodwill_n to_o those_o that_o in_o truth_n call_v upon_o he_o and_o therefore_o in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o that_o psalm_n it_o be_v say_v who_o be_v wise_a that_o he_o may_v observe_v these_o thing_n because_o they_o be_v only_o his_o 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not_o forgive_v man_n their_o trespass_n no_o more_o will_v your_o father_n forgive_v you_o your_o trespass_n to_o admonish_v we_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v have_v he_o to_o resemble_v he_o and_o hear_v this_o his_o image_n of_o mercy_n before_o the_o world_n if_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o remit_v and_o forgive_v offence_n unto_o other_o when_o they_o shall_v have_v do_v we_o any_o wrong_n we_o may_v easy_o perceive_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o have_v we_o to_o cherish_v ourselves_o in_o the_o hope_n of_o be_v hear_v when_o we_o shall_v offer_v unto_o other_o injury_n and_o wrong_n for_o if_o a_o christian_a be_v admonish_v in_o this_o petition_n so_o far_o to_o profit_v that_o he_o learn_v to_o forgive_v injury_n do_v against_o he_o much_o more_o will_v the_o lord_n have_v he_o to_o be_v far_o from_o offend_v other_o by_o injury_n do_v unto_o they_o the_o last_o petition_n wherein_o we_o crave_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o lead_v we_o into_o temptation_n but_o deliver_v we_o 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