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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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as_o any_o in_o our_o generation_n as_o be_v clear_o manifest_v by_o his_o word_n and_o his_o work_n nevertheless_o when_o this_o good_a man_n this_o prophet_n come_v into_o god_n worship_n than_o the_o lord_n must_v help_v or_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o lord_n open_v thou_o my_o lip_n and_o then_o my_o mouth_n shall_v show_v forth_o thy_o praise_n he_o can_v not_o speak_v one_o right_a word_n except_o the_o spirit_n itself_o give_v utterance_n for_o we_o know_v not_o what_o we_o shall_v pray_v for_o as_o we_o ought_v but_o the_o spirit_n itself_o help_v our_o infirmity_n but_o second_o it_o must_v be_v a_o pray_v with_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v the_o effectual_a pray_n because_o without_o that_o as_o man_n be_v senseless_a so_o hypocritical_a cold_a and_o unseemly_a in_o their_o prayer_n and_o so_o they_o with_o their_o prayer_n be_v both_o render_v abominable_a to_o god_n mat._n 23._o 14._o mark_v 12._o 40._o it_o be_v not_o the_o excellency_n of_o the_o voice_n nor_o the_o seem_a 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