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o_o most_o gracious_a &_o tender_a father_n thou_o be_v a_o pitiful_a god_n thy_o compassion_n be_v great_a thou_o be_v the_o father_n of_o mercy_n &_o the_o god_n of_o all_o comfort_n thou_o make_v the_o wound_n and_o bind_v it_o up_o thou_o smite_v &_o thy_o hand_n do_v make_v whole_a thou_o have_v command_v to_o call_v upon_o thou_o in_o the_o day_n of_o trouble_n and_o thou_o be_v a_o help_n ready_a to_o be_v find_v to_o thou_o therefore_o do_v i_o lift_v up_o my_o soul_n incline_v thy_o ear_n o_o lord_n and_o hear_v open_v thy_o eye_n o_o lord_n and_o see_v look_v merciful_o upon_o thy_o afflict_a servant_n the_o day_n of_o sorrow_n be_v come_v upon_o i_o even_o change_v &_o army_n
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father_n husband_n etc._n etc._n p._n 95_o a_o prayer_n apply_v to_o the_o state_n of_o a_o man_n inward_o perplex_v with_o the_o horror_n of_o sin_n with_o doubt_n of_o god_n favour_n and_o with_o the_o tentation_n of_o satan_n tend_v to_o despair_v p._n 100_o a_o prayer_n then_o needful_a when_o a_o man_n have_v some_o special_a combat_n with_o some_o one_o or_o more_o special_a sin_n against_o which_o he_o desire_v victory_n p._n 115_o a_o prayer_n of_o humiliation_n and_o sorrow_n after_o some_o special_a sin_n commit_v p._n 120_o a_o prayer_n in_o respect_n of_o death_n needful_a at_o all_o time_n but_o especial_o in_o sickness_n p._n 131_o a_o prayer_n more_o special_o fit_v to_o the_o state_n and_o occasion_n of_o a_o sick_a man_n p._n 141_o a_o direction_n for_o those_o who_o deny_v to_o perform_v the_o christian_a duty_n of_o prayer_n for_o their_o sake_n who_o they_o come_v to_o visit_v p._n 152_o a_o thanksgiving_n for_o a_o sick_a man_n after_o recovery_n p._n 157_o a_o prayer_n for_o a_o woman_n in_o her_o travail_n p._n 161_o a_o thanksgiving_n after_o delivery_n p._n 164_o a_o prayer_n for_o those_o which_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o assistance_n of_o a_o travail_a woman_n p._n 168_o a_o thanksgiving_n when_o god_n have_v bless_v their_o pain_n in_o the_o woman_n delivery_n p._n 170_o a_o prayer_n for_o a_o soldier_n fight_v for_o his_o country_n or_o the_o confederate_n thereof_o p._n 173_o a_o prayer_n for_o a_o man_n travail_v by_o sea_n about_o his_o lawful_a business_n p._n 178_o a_o prayer_n apply_v to_o the_o state_n of_o a_o malefactor_n condemn_v by_o law_n to_o die_v &_o draw_v to_o the_o time_n of_o execution_n p._n 184_o a_o prayer_n rise_v out_o of_o the_o serious_a meditation_n of_o the_o last_o judgement_n p._n 193_o a_o prayer_n fit_v to_o the_o time_n of_o war_n p._n 202_o another_o of_o like_a nature_n respect_v the_o time_n of_o dearth_n and_o famine_n p._n 207_o another_o like_a apply_v to_o the_o time_n of_o some_o great_a 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