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On Prayer

Tertullian

Chapter 10

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter X.—We May Superadd Prayers of Our Own to the Lord’s Prayer.

Since, however, the Lord, the Foreseer of human necessities,

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said

separately

,

after

delivering

His

Rule

of

Prayer

,

“

Ask

,

and

ye

shall

receive

;

”

and

since

there

are

petitions

which

are

made

according

to

the

circumstances

of

each

individual

;

our

additional

wants

have

the

right

—

after

beginning

with

the

legitimate

and

customary

prayers

as

a

foundation

,

as

it

were

—

of

rearing

an

outer

superstructure

of

petitions

,

yet

with

remembrance

of

the

Master’s

precepts

.

Notes

1
See Matt. vi. 8.
2
Matt. vii. 7; Luke xi. 9.