Prayer: Vain Repetitions of, to be Avoided
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The First Sayings of Jesus --His Ideas of a Divine Father and of a ...
... with the name of "God," which they avoided pronouncing. ... But when ye pray, use not
vain repetitions, as the heathen do ... capable, is summed up in a prayer which he ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter v the first sayings.htm

The Three Last Parables of the Peræan Series: the Unrighteous ...
... of prayer, as if God heard us for our many repetitions. ... Thus, the following prayer
of a Rabbi is recorded: I thank ... the words of the Law, and they to vain things ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xix the three last.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... prophesied of Him, [369]ib.; avoided contention, [370 ... miracles without, His lesser
with, prayer, [378]ib ... 182; His foreknowledge of the Jews' vain repentance, [415 ...
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Index of Subjects.
... gradually, [544]45; which, first taught, [545]71; without practice vain, [546]167 ...
623]202; inferior to charity, [624]291; a help to prayer and almsgiving, [625 ...
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Memoir of John Bunyan
... self-examination and devotion, they ought to be avoided as sinful ... should, by intense
thought, by earnest prayer, and by ... to get in, but all in vain, even until ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/memoir of john bunyan.htm

[Endnotes]
... long continued, but it is surely a notable example of "vain repetitions." See Hackett ...
that the apostle, when referring to the Gentile worship, avoided the use ...
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Introduction. Chapter i. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of ...
... never heard it,"he can hardly have avoided hearing of ... would join in the Eucharist
and in prayer for him. ... liberty of conscience; it is equally vain and wicked ...
/.../introduction chapter i the life and.htm

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Matthew 6:7
But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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