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Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.
Benjamin Stillingfleet
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Benjamin Stillingfleet
Age: 69 †
Born: 1702
Born: January 1
Died: 1771
Died: January 1
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