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upon_o it_o then_o they_o say_v here_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o christ_n teach_v they_o to_o pray_v for_o his_o spirit_n but_o i_o say_v again_o how_o much_o of_o his_o spirit_n will_v suffice_v for_o a_o day_n and_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o so_o blaspheme_v the_o eternal_a spirit_n of_o god_n as_o to_o say_v it_o consume_v in_o the_o use_n of_o it_o no_o it_o be_v a_o well_o of_o live_a water_n spring_v up_o unto_o eternal_a life_n john_n 4_o 14._o then_o this_o petition_n be_v for_o carnal_a thing_n and_o not_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n carnal_a man_n may_v pray_v for_o they_o and_o obtain_v they_o then_o they_o say_v if_o carnal_a man_n shall_v say_v forgive_v we_o as_o we_o forgive_v they_o that_o trespass_n against_o we_o in_o this_o they_o will_v seal_v up_o their_o own_o damnation_n because_o they_o will_v not_o forgive_v other_o mat._n 18.29_o 30._o but_o what_o of_o this_o shall_v they_o escape_v damnation_n by_o not_o say_v of_o it_o and_o if_o they_o can_v they_o have_v as_o good_a say_v it_o to_o obtain_v some_o temporal_a thing_n as_o to_o be_v both_o miserable_a in_o not_o say_v of_o it_o both_o here_o and_o also_o hereafter_o and_o beside_o the_o use_v well_o of_o these_o gift_n in_o seek_v they_o by_o prayer_n and_o give_v god_n thanks_o for_o they_o be_v god_n way_n to_o obtain_v better_a mercy_n as_o some_o in_o ask_v temporal_a thing_n by_o that_o prayer_n obtain_v spiritual_a mercy_n mat._n 9.2_o then_o they_o say_v carnal_a man_n must_v not_o say_v lead_v we_o not_o into_o temptation_n but_o deliver_v we_o from_o evil_a because_o they_o be_v never_o out_o of_o temptation_n i_o answer_v the_o godly_a be_v in_o the_o same_o condition_n tempt_v either_o by_o the_o world_n flesh_n or_o the_o devil_n continual_o and_o they_o can_v escape_v they_o all_o together_o except_o they_o go_v out_o of_o the_o world_n 1_o cor._n 6.9_o 10_o 11._o than_o must_v they_o not_o pray_v and_o use_v the_o mean_n to_o escape_v they_o then_o they_o 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