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On Prayer

Tertullian

Chapter 27

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XXVII.—Of Subjoining a Psalm.

The more diligent in prayer are wont to subjoin in their prayers the

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“

Hallelujah

,

”

and

such

kind

of

psalms

,

in

the

closes

of

which

the

company

respond

.

And

,

of

course

,

every

institution

is

excellent

which

,

for

the

extolling

and

honouring

of

God

,

aims

unitedly

to

bring

Him

enriched

prayer

as

a

choice

victim

.

Notes

1
Perhaps “the great Hallelujah,” i.e. the last five psalms.
2
[The author seems to have in mind (Hos. xiv. 2) “the calves of our lips.”]