We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Ho…

John Owen
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We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid and assistance we may live unto God in that holy obedience which he requires at our hands. ✨ John Owen (1841). A treatise on the Holy Spirit and his operations: An exposition of the 130th Psalm, p.84
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