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the_o most_o prevail_a master_n of_o request_n to_o solicit_v for_o we_o and_o make_v our_o unworthy_a prayer_n as_o current_n and_o authentic_a even_o as_o the_o most_o just_a and_o powerful_a command_n sect_n ii_o the_o liberty_n of_o use_v the_o voice_n or_o not_o prayer_n be_v the_o proper_a work_n of_o the_o heart_n lift_v up_o itself_o and_o present_v its_o desire_n to_o the_o lord_n it_o be_v only_o the_o heart_n that_o pray_v the_o mouth_n can_v but_o say_v prayer_n and_o as_o many_o word_n of_o prayer_n may_v be_v speak_v by_o one_o that_o do_v not_o pray_v at_o all_o so_o another_o may_n tacendo_fw-la clamare_fw-la pray_v hearty_o and_o effectual_o who_o yet_o say_v never_o a_o word_n word_n let_v they_o be_v never_o so_o apposite_a and_o pithy_a be_v not_o prayer_n but_o only_o the_o vehicle_n of_o prayer_n and_o the_o outward_a signification_n of_o our_o mind_n it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o he_o who_o search_v heart_n and_o know_v the_o mean_v of_o the_o spirit_n whether_o 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14.2_o take_v with_o you_o word_n and_o turn_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v to_o he_o take_v away_o all_o iniquity_n and_o receive_v we_o gracious_o so_o will_v we_o render_v the_o calf_n of_o our_o li_n the_o only_a fatling_n which_o we_o be_v now_o to_o offer_v if_o word_n be_v needful_a to_o digest_v our_o thought_n and_o shape_v the_o idea_n that_o arise_v out_o of_o our_o mind_n if_o they_o make_v we_o more_o sensible_a of_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o conceive_v and_o a_o happy_a expression_n that_o exact_o fit_v our_o mean_v give_v such_o a_o pleasure_n as_o the_o joy_n of_o a_o newborn_a child_n then_o in_o our_o address_n to_o god_n where_o we_o have_v need_n of_o all_o help_n where_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v the_o lively_a sense_n and_o our_o dulness_n want_v to_o be_v excite_v by_o pathetic_a word_n and_o all_o quicken_a mean_n we_o may_v find_v it_o very_o advantageous_a to_o the_o service_n to_o form_v our_o notion_n into_o agreeable_a expression_n yea_o tho'_o we_o be_v 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