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mat._n 26._o 39_o when_o we_o read_v the_o holy_a spirit_n do_v help_v our_o infirmity_n direct_v we_o to_o thing_n we_o ought_v to_o pray_v for_o 26._o for_o rom._n 8._o 26._o and_o when_o our_o own_o church_n do_v teach_v we_o to_o desire_v of_o god_n that_o he_o will_v make_v we_o to_o ask_v such_o thing_n as_o shall_v please_v he_o trin._n he_o collect_v for_o 10_o sund._n aft_n trin._n it_o do_v suppose_v our_o choose_v petition_n in_o prayer_n and_o that_o we_o may_v not_o err_v in_o that_o choice_n which_o will_v not_o be_v understand_v of_o state_v prayer_n and_o must_v therefore_o refer_v to_o the_o private_a and_o occasional_a supplication_n of_o which_o we_o now_o speak_v and_o unless_o we_o sometime_o make_v use_n of_o such_o we_o shall_v be_v extreme_o defective_a in_o our_o devotion_n both_o as_o to_o our_o duty_n towards_o god_n and_o our_o regard_n to_o the_o good_a of_o ourselves_o and_o other_o for_o how_o else_o can_v we_o in_o a_o suitable_a manner_n offer_v up_o praise_n and_o thanksgiving_n or_o deprecate_v evil_n and_o beg_v mercy_n according_a to_o our_o own_o and_o the_o need_v of_o other_o christian_n as_o on_o many_o particular_a occasion_n we_o ought_v to_o do_v it_o be_v impossible_a that_o these_o shall_v be_v full_o provide_v for_o by_o any_o form_n compose_v for_o private_a use_n and_o much_o less_o will_v the_o public_a prayer_n descend_v to_o they_o v._o if_o a_o man_n serve_v god_n in_o private_a it_o be_v one_o good_a evidence_n of_o his_o be_v sound_a and_o sincere_a in_o religion_n for_o those_o who_o be_v void_a of_o all_o true_a piety_n who_o be_v but_o hypocrite_n or_o atheist_n may_v and_o often_o do_v outward_o join_v with_o other_o in_o the_o act_n of_o public_a worship_n though_o from_o no_o better_a inducement_n than_o that_o they_o may_v comply_v with_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o place_n or_o to_o please_v other_o on_o who_o they_o depend_v or_o that_o they_o may_v gain_v to_o themselves_o a_o good_a reputation_n as_o 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