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desire_v he_o have_v of_o his_o welfare_n i_o thank_v god_n somereade_v i_o have_v thanks_n for_o god_n but_o exposition_n the_o theological_a exposition_n that_o may_v not_o be_v admit_v for_o paul_n do_v it_o and_o defer_v not_o this_o action_n in_o these_o word_n be_v three_o thing_n 1._o the_o action_n thanksgiving_n 2._o the_o person_n i_o and_o 3._o to_o who_o thanks_n be_v 〈◊〉_d the_o lord_n who_o i_o serve_v from_o more_o elder_n with_o pure_a conscience_n the_o apostle_n add_v these_o word_n because_o he_o be_v account_v by_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v a_o apostata_fw-la and_o a_o revolter_v from_o the_o truth_n and_o a_o dissemble_a person_n by_o elder_n be_v mean_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n some_o read_v progenitor_n ancestor_n father_n as_o though_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o natural_a parent_n with_o pure_a conscience_n that_o be_v unfeigned_o sincere_o and_o without_o hypocrisy_n that_o without_o â—â—asing_v these_o word_n have_v a_o double_a read_n as_o if_o which_o paul_n pray_v he_o also_o pray_v say_v god_n for_o timâ—thie_n or_o thus_o i_o thanâ—â—_n god_n that_o i_o do_v pray_v for_o dree_v etc._n etc._n without_o cease_v be_v constant_o ordinary_o i_o have_v remembrance_n of_o thou_o in_o my_o prayer_n prayer_n be_v manifold_a mental_a vocal_a conceive_v read_v in_o verse_n in_o prose_n public_a private_a simple_a compound_n and_o the_o like_a it_o be_v likely_a these_o be_v private_a not_o public_a prayer_n for_o paul_n will_v avoid_v all_o ostentation_n and_o just_a cause_n of_o exception_n also_o at_o this_o time_n he_o be_v a_o prisoner_n remembrance_n remembrance_n have_v in_o it_o four_o thing_n apprehension_n reposition_n retention_n and_o production_n a_o notion_n or_o thing_n be_v by_o the_o external_a or_o internal_a sense_n present_v to_o the_o eye_n of_o reason_n she_o perceiveâ—_n it_o that_o be_v apprehension_n than_o it_o be_v commit_v unto_o memory_n as_o a_o place_n of_o conservation_n that_o be_v reposition_n afterward_o keep_v 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