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be_v in_o our_o own_o hand_n and_o we_o may_v purchase_v grace_n by_o supplication_n i_o acknowledge_v this_o objection_n ground_v not_o only_o upon_o the_o principle_n of_o saint_n augustine_n but_o even_o upon_o the_o principle_n of_o religion_n itself_o for_o scripture_n exhort_v all_o sinner_n to_o prayer_n propose_v it_o to_o we_o as_o a_o help_n in_o all_o our_o need_n 7._o petite_fw-fr &_o dabitur_fw-la vobis_fw-la quae_fw-la rite_n &_o invenietis_fw-la pulsate_n &_o aperietur_fw-la vobis_fw-la mat._n 7._o and_o as_o a_o remedy_n for_o all_o our_o evil_n it_o seem_v be_v enough_o to_o be_v a_o believer_n to_o be_v able_a to_o pray_v and_o that_o the_o son_n of_o god_n have_v teach_v we_o the_o lord_n prayer_n have_v furnish_v we_o with_o arm_n for_o our_o defence_n against_o the_o justice_n of_o his_o father_n saint_n augustine_n follow_v the_o step_n of_o jesus_n christ_n teach_v we_o in_o a_o thousand_o place_n of_o his_o writing_n that_o the_o law_n discover_v virtue_n to_o we_o and_o prayer_n obtain_v it_o that_o it_o be_v the_o guard_n of_o christian_n surmount_v all_o temptation_n sweeten_v all_o difficulty_n and_o triumph_v over_o devil_n if_o then_o we_o be_v able_a to_o pray_v we_o be_v able_a to_o persevere_v if_o what_o be_v not_o due_a to_o our_o merit_n be_v grant_v to_o our_o prayer_n we_o may_v thereby_o obtain_v the_o grace_n that_o be_v the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n of_o our_o salvation_n i_o confess_v this_o objection_n puzzle_v i_o nor_o do_v the_o ordinary_a answer_n make_v to_o it_o at_o all_o satisfy_v i_o for_o though_o grace_n be_v requisite_a to_o pray_v though_o it_o be_v the_o holy_a spirit_n that_o put_v the_o thought_n into_o our_o soul_n the_o affection_n into_o our_o heart_n and_o word_n into_o our_o mouth_n though_o a_o prayer_n that_o be_v not_o warm_v with_o his_o heat_n be_v not_o acceptable_a to_o the_o eternal_a father_n we_o must_v nevertheless_o confess_v either_o that_o grace_n to_o pray_v be_v always_o offer_v to_o n_n or_o that_o we_o have_v no_o mean_n to_o make_v our_o address_n to_o god_n in_o our_o need_n therefore_o be_v it_o that_o holy_a scripture_n invite_v we_o every_o where_o to_o prayer_n the_o son_n of_o god_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o offer_v a_o please_a violence_n that_o it_o change_v his_o will_n sweeten_v his_o severity_n and_o obtain_v all_o grace_n it_o request_v of_o he_o 105._o si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la vos_fw-la cum_fw-la sitis_fw-la mali_fw-la bona_fw-la datis_fw-la filiis_fw-la vestris_fw-la quanto_fw-la magis_fw-la pater_fw-la vester_fw-ge qui_fw-fr in_o coelis_fw-la est_fw-la dabit_fw-la bona_fw-la petentibus_fw-la se_fw-la mat._n 7._o ne_fw-fr orationes_fw-la putarentur_fw-la praecedere_fw-la merita_fw-la quibus_fw-la non_fw-la gratuita_fw-la daretur_fw-la gratia_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la nec_fw-la gratia_fw-la esset_fw-la quia_fw-la debita_fw-la redderetur_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsa_fw-la oratio_fw-la inter_fw-la gratiae_fw-la munera_fw-la reperitur_fw-la aug._n epist_n 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