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unto_o we_o that_o we_o know_v not_o 8._o as_z s._n paul_n say_v how_o we_o ought_v to_o pray_v hereof_o it_o come_v that_o many_o prey_n for_o delyverance_n from_o certain_a misery_n but_o they_o do_v not_o obtain_v for_o god_n know_v what_o be_v best_a and_o most_o profitable_a for_o us._n s._n paul_n himself_o also_o pray_v that_o god_n will_v delyver_v he_o out_o of_o tentation_n but_o what_o say_v christ_n 12._o my_o grace_n say_v he_o be_v sufficient_a for_o thou_o for_o my_o strength_n be_v make_v perfect_a through_o weakness_n so_o likewise_o may_v it_o come_v to_o pass_v now_o a_o day_n that_o thou_o desire_v deliverance_n from_o this_o trouble_n beast_n &_o i_o from_o that_o but_o god_n know_v that_o it_o be_v better_a for_o we_o to_o be_v still_o in_o that_o trouble_n and_o therefore_o he_o take_v not_o away_o that_o affliction_n and_o misery_n from_o us._n for_o if_o we_o be_v delyver_v from_o it_o we_o shall_v peradventure_o fall_v into_o some_o wicked_a vice_n as_o 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