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On Prayer

Tertullian

Chapter 12

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XII.—We Must Be Free Likewise from All Mental Perturbation.

Nor merely from anger, but altogether from all perturbation of mind,

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ought

the

exercise

of

prayer

to

be

free

,

uttered

from

a

spirit

such

as

the

Spirit

unto

whom

it

is

sent

.

For

a

defiled

spirit

cannot

be

acknowledged

by

a

holy

Spirit

,

nor

a

sad

by

a

joyful

,

nor

a

fettered

by

a

free

.

No

one

grants

reception

to

his

adversary

:

no

one

grants

admittance

except

to

his

compeer

.

Notes

1
Eph. iv. 30.
2
John xvii. 14; Rom. xiv. 17.
3
Ps. li. 12.