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find_v favour_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o will_v grant_v we_o this_o or_o that_o but_o if_o he_o say_v i_o have_v no_o delight_n in_o you_o they_o will_v let_v he_o do_v what_o seem_v good_a unto_o he_o 2_o sam._n 15.25_o 26._o they_o will_v indeed_o complain_v unto_o he_o but_o never_o of_o he_o 2_o nothing_o more_o unbefitting_a he_o that_o call_v upon_o god_n do_v he_o think_v god_n be_v worthy_a to_o be_v pray_v unto_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n deserve_v to_o be_v chide_v there_o be_v no_o syntax_n â—_o between_o a_o bend_a knee_n and_o a_o reprove_v tongue_n a_o bendded_a fist_n be_v much_o more_o suitable_a and_o beat_v a_o better_a proportion_n 3_o nothing_o be_v more_o reject_v of_o god_n he_o can_v bear_v with_o any_o thing_n better_o than_o with_o chid_v and_o hear_v any_o thing_n with_o far_o more_o patience_n theâ—_n a_o repose_n 4_o nothing_o favour_v more_o of_o that_o spirit_n that_o be_v direct_o against_o god_n the_o first_o that_o ever_o we_o find_v accuse_v he_o be_v the_o devil_n gen._n 3.5_o yet_o not_o to_o god_n himself_o but_o to_o ezra_n those_o man_n that_o in_o prayer_n can_v chide_v or_o accuse_v god_n to_o his_o face_n may_v go_v to_o satan_n and_o he_o will_v learn_v they_o not_o to_o blaspheme_v 5_o we_o must_v avoid_v vain_a repetition_n mat._n 7.6_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d use_v no_o heartless_a idle_a vain_a trifle_a repetition_n this_o arise_v 1_o from_o inadvertency_n when_o man_n fit_v not_o themselves_o before_o hand_n by_o settle_v and_o compose_v their_o thought_n 2_o from_o stupidity_n when_o their_o shallowness_n emptiness_n or_o ignorance_n make_v they_o for_o want_v of_o new_a matter_n to_o bring_v over_o the_o same_o trifle_n vain_a or_o heartless_a petition_n again_o and_o again_o not_o be_v able_a to_o supply_v themselves_o with_o new_a matter_n to_o remedy_v these_o consider_v 1_o it_o be_v against_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n his_o prayer_n be_v excellent_a for_o brevity_n order_n 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of_o god_n search_v the_o scripture_n and_o never_o a_o vain_a word_n nor_o a_o trifle_a word_n be_v utter_v by_o they_o who_o be_v most_o familiar_a with_o god_n but_o more_o of_o this_o by_o and_o by_o sect_n 6._o it_o be_v not_o the_o body_n alone_o that_o constitute_v a_o man_n but_o the_o form_n that_o be_v the_o soul_n must-go_a with_o it_o and_o by_o that_o soul_n the_o body_n live_v move_v and_o have_v its_o be_v the_o form_n of_o prayer_n by_o which_o it_o receive_v its_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o by_o which_o it_o move_v from_o earth_n to_o heaven_n and_o by_o which_o it_o be_v see_v to_o live_v by_o man_n and_o know_v to_o be_v healthy_a by_o god_n come_v now_o