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De Oratione

XII.

[1] Nec ab ira solummodo, sed omni omnino confusione animi libera debet esse orationis intentio, de tali spiritu emissa qualis est spiritus ad quem e mittitur. Neque enim agnosci poterit spiritui sancto spiritus inquinatus aut tristis a laeto aut impeditus a libero. Nemo aduersarium recipit, nemo nisi comparem suum admittit.

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On Prayer

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

Nor merely from anger, but altogether from all perturbation of mind, 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, ¹ nor a sad by a joyful, ² nor a fettered by a free. ³ No one grants reception to his adversary: no one grants admittance except to his compeer.