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The Early Works of Thomas Becon, S.T.P., Chaplain to Archbishop Cranmer, Prebendary of Canterbury, &c., being the Treatises published by him in the Reign of King Henry VIII, edited for the Parker Society by Rev. John Ayre (Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1843), "The Pathway unto Prayer," chapter 1, "What Prayer Is," p. 130

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Prayer, after the common definition of the doctors, is a lifting up of a pure mind to God, wherein we ask somewhat of him. This definition of prayer seemeth unto me so godly, and in every part agreeable to the holy scrip…

Thomas Becon · The Early Works of Thomas Becon, S.T.P., Chaplain to Archbishop Cranmer, Prebendary of Canterbury, &c., being the Treatises published by him in the Reign of King Henry VIII, edited for the Parker Society by Rev. John Ayre (Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1843), "The Pathway unto Prayer," chapter 1, "What Prayer Is," p. 130
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