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and_o engender_v within_o we_o a_o amendment_n of_o life_n ready_a obedience_n and_o love_n towards_o god_n and_o our_o neighbour_n give_v unto_o we_o the_o hope_n of_o eternal_a life_n and_o of_o obtain_v what_o we_o ask_v at_o god_n hand_n render_v our_o conscience_n peaceable_a make_v we_o to_o persevere_v in_o the_o good_a give_v unto_o we_o a_o boldness_n to_o address_v ourselves_o to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n bring_v with_o itself_o a_o constancy_n and_o patience_n in_o all_o adversity_n and_o comfort_v we_o clean_o remove_v away_o all_o fear_n anguish_n &_o vexation_n of_o mind_n for_o this_o cause_n god_n be_v call_v by_o s._n paul_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o second_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n the_o god_n of_o mercy_n and_o consolation_n 6.16_o and_o in_o the_o six_o to_o the_o ephesian_n he_o do_v exhort_v we_o to_o take_v upon_o we_o the_o shield_n of_o faith_n wherewith_o we_o may_v quench_v all_o the_o fiery_a dart_n of_o the_o wicked_a chap._n 3._o 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