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11._o as_o often_o as_o we_o swerve_v from_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n our_o b._n saviour_n state_n the_o condition_n for_o the_o advantage_n of_o prayer_n si_fw-mi manseritis_fw-la in_o i_o if_o you_o dwell_v in_o i_o 15.7_o if_o you_o live_v by_o grace_n or_o charity_n a_o member_n of_o my_o body_n quodcunque_fw-la volueritis_fw-la petetis_fw-la &_o fiet_fw-la vobis_fw-la ask_v what_o you_o please_v you_o shall_v obtain_v it_o do_v not_o therefore_o d._n christian_n rely_v upon_o your_o prayer_n if_o your_o prayer_n be_v not_o ground_v on_o the_o innocence_n of_o your_o life_n ne_fw-fr offeratis_fw-la ultra_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la frustra_fw-la 1.13_o offer_v not_o up_o any_o more_o your_o sacrifice_n in_o vain_a say_v god_n to_o the_o jew_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o his_o prophet_n isaiah_n your_o incense_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o i_o if_o you_o lift_v up_o your_o hand_n to_o heaven_n i_o will_v turn_v away_o my_o face_n because_o your_o hand_n be_v full_a of_o blood_n lavamini_n mundi_fw-la estote_fw-la auferte_fw-la malum_fw-la cogitationum_fw-la vestrarum_fw-la wash_v purge_v and_o cleanse_v yourselves_o from_o the_o defilement_n