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the_o lord_n please_v to_o renew_v his_o mercy_n as_o we_o have_v a_o worthy_a example_n in_o david_n 40.3_o david_n psal_n 40.3_o he_o have_v put_v a_o new_a song_n in_o my_o mouth_n even_o praise_v unto_o our_o god_n and_o if_o new_a fail_n old_a blessing_n may_v never_o be_v forget_v therefore_o david_n though_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v praise_v the_o lord_n long_o before_o for_o his_o wonder_n in_o egypt_n and_o though_o they_o be_v long_o before_o his_o time_n yet_o compose_v a_o psalm_n 105._o psalm_n psal_n 105._o of_o thanksgiving_n for_o the_o same_o again_o not_o only_o personal_a and_o particular_a blessing_n but_o also_o general_a and_o public_a bind_v we_o to_o be_v thankful_a when_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v lay_v 3.11_o lay_v esra_n 3.11_o they_o praise_v the_o lord_n and_o all_o the_o people_n say_v the_o text_n shout_v with_o a_o great_a shout_n when_o they_o praise_v the_o lord_n yea_o not_o only_o for_o extraordinary_a 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thou_o thanks_n and_o hezekiah_n 38.18.19_o hezekiah_n isa_n 38.18.19_o the_o grave_n can_v praise_v thou_o death_n can_v celebrate_v thou_o the_o living_n the_o live_n he_o shall_v praise_v thou_o as_o i_o do_v this_o day_n for_o this_o cause_n he_o be_v thankful_a for_o his_o life_n 20._o life_n verse_n 20._o and_o to_o this_o end_n 118.17_o end_n ps_n 118.17_o david_n desire_v to_o live_v §._o 4._o the_o kind_n of_o prayer_n and_o it_o be_v 1._o legal_a 2._o or_o evangelicall_a consider_v in_o respect_n of_o 1._o the_o effect_n 2._o the_o subject_n 3._o the_o object_n the_o use_n of_o this_o whole_a discourse_n 1._o why_o carnal_a man_n be_v not_o hear_v 2._o use_v how_o we_o may_v learn_v to_o pray_v the_o kind_n of_o prayer_n follow_v and_o it_o be_v either_o i._o legal_a ii_o or_o evangelicall_a the_o legal_a which_o be_v require_v of_o adam_n in_o his_o state_n of_o innocency_n can_v none_o of_o his_o frail_a and_o degenerate_a offspring_n pray_v the_o evangelicall_a that_o be_v the_o legal_a qualify_v by_o the_o gospel_n be_v the_o subject_n of_o this_o discourse_n and_o the_o kind_n of_o it_o may_v be_v consider_v in_o respect_n of_o i._o the_o effect_n ii_o the_o subject_n iii_o the_o object_n touch_v the_o effect_n there_o be_v a_o prayer_n of_o i._o sense_n when_o instant_o that_o be_v accomplish_v which_o be_v desire_v so_o elias_n pray_v and_o present_o fire_n come_v down_o from_o heaven_n 18.38_o heaven_n 1._o ki._n 18.38_o and_o consume_v the_o sacrifice_n ii_o hope_n when_o we_o do_v not_o instant_o receive_v the_o good_a thing_n we_o desire_v but_o do_v by_o hope_n expect_v they_o 1._o joh._n 5.14.15_o for_o though_o the_o lord_n do_v ordinary_o for_o many_o weighty_a cause_n take_v day_n with_o his_o child_n for_o the_o performance_n of_o his_o promise_n yet_o it_o please_v he_o to_o give_v they_o a_o earnest_n in_o hand_n even_o the_o earnest_n of_o his_o spirit_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o first_o personal_a prayer_n be_v i._n 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father_n which_o be_v in_o secret_a last_o touch_v the_o object_n prayer_n be_v for_o i._o either_o temporal_a blessing_n alone_o as_o in_o that_o of_o jacobs_n 28.20.21_o jacobs_n gen._n 28.20.21_o if_o god_n will_v be_v with_o i_o and_o will_v keep_v i_o in_o this_o way_n that_o i_o go_v and_o will_v give_v i_o bread_n to_o eat_v and_o raiment_n to_o put_v on_o so_o that_o i_o come_v again_o to_o my_o father_n house_n in_o peace_n ii_o or_o for_o spiritual_a and_o eternal_a as_o in_o the_o epistle_n of_o james_n 1.5_o james_n james_n 1.5_o if_o any_o of_o you_o lack_v wisdom_n let_v he_o ask_v of_o god_n iii_o or_o for_o both_o as_o in_o the_o lord_n prayer_n and_o thus_o much_o for_o the_o doctrine_n of_o prayer_n the_o
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