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Old 03-24-2008, 12:32 AM
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I don't think it is particularly complicated. Bunyan is simply addressing the reality we see in many places (like Galatians 5:16-26): the flesh wars with the Spirit. We pray for more of the Spirit to bear fruit because we can't do it on our own. The fact that we can pray at all is because the Spirit dwells in us in the first place.
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