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, [8838] nor a sad by a joyful, [8839] nor a fettered by a free. [8840] No one grants reception to his adversary: no one grants admittance except to his compeer.

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Footnotes:

[8838] Ephesians 4:30.

[8839] John 17:14; Romans 14:17.

[8840] Psalm 51:12.