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So, too, David, after he has prayed the ways of God be made known to him so that he may walk in his truth, immediately adds, 'Unite my heart to fear thy name' [Ps. 86:11; cf. Ps. 119:33]. By these words he means that even well-disposed persons have been subject to so many distractions that they readily vanish or fall away unless they are strengthened to persevere.

John Calvin Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

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