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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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it_o be_v also_o a_o chufe_n of_o death_n and_o run_v violent_o upon_o the_o wrath_n to_o come_v which_o every_o man_n in_o his_o wit_n will_v do_v all_o that_o ever_o he_o be_v able_a to_o flee_v from_o chap._n v._o of_o licentiousness_n as_o to_o the_o object_n of_o prayer_n prayer_n be_v the_o main_a part_n of_o all_o our_o worship_n and_o to_o pay_v this_o royalty_n of_o the_o crown_n of_o heaven_n the_o tribute_n of_o adoration_n to_o other_o than_o to_o god_n himself_o be_v it_o to_o image_n saint_n angel_n or_o any_o thing_n else_o be_v express_o forbid_v mat._n 4.10_o get_v thou_o hence_o satan_n for_o it_o be_v write_v thou_o shall_v worship_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o he_o only_o shall_v thou_o serve_v in_o all_o such_o divide_a worship_n may_v be_v see_v the_o print_n of_o the_o cleave_a foot_n to_o worship_v any_o creature_n with_o divine_a worship_n be_v to_o make_v it_o a_o idol_n and_o idol_n be_v of_o his_o erect_v who_o be_v all_o for_o usurp_a god_n honour_n to_o himself_o and_o so_o the_o child_n which_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o idol_n of_o canaan_n be_v say_v to_o be_v offer_v unto_o devil_n psal_n 106.37_o 38._o the_o apostle_n make_v invocation_n peculiar_a to_o the_o god_n in_o who_o we_o believe_v rom._n 10.14_o how_o shall_v they_o call_v on_o he_o in_o who_o they_o have_v not_o believe_v for_o i_o must_v believe_v he_o to_o who_o i_o pray_v to_o be_v omnipresent_v omniscient_a and_o omnipotent_a or_o else_o i_o be_o sure_a he_o can_v not_o hear_v and_o help_v i_o and_o all_o my_o fellow-supplicant_n all_o over_o the_o world_n in_o all_o the_o thing_n which_o we_o have_v to_o beg._n and_o if_o saint_n and_o angel_n be_v omnipresent_v omniscient_a and_o omnipotent_a what_o then_o be_v they_o less_o than_o deity_n and_o what_o more_o can_v we_o ascribe_v to_o the_o most_o high_a god_n as_o there_o be_v but_o one_o god_n so_o we_o be_v tell_v but_o of_o one_o mediator_n between_o god_n and_o man_n 1_o tim._n 2.5_o and_o that_o be_v enough_o 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