The Writings of John Bradford, M.A. (Parker Society), vol. 1 (Cambridge: University Press, 1848), "Instructions to be Observed Concerning Prayer," §3 "Of the necessity of prayer," p. 116

There are four things that provoke us to pray: first, the commandment of God; secondly, sin in us, which drives us, from necessity, to God for succour, life, and mercy; thirdly, our weak nature being unable to do any goo…