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,^88388838    Eph. iv. 30. nor a sad by a joyful,^88398839    John xvii. 14; Rom. xiv. 17. nor a fettered by a free.^88408840    Ps. li. 12. No one grants reception to his adversary: no one grants admittance except to his compeer.