Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

He who neglects to pray alone and in private however assiduously he frequents public meetings there gives his prayers to the wind.

May we be prepared whatever happens rather to undergo a hundred deaths than to turn aside from the profession of true piety in which we know our safety to be laid up. And may we so glorify thy name as to be partakers of that glory which has been acquired for us through the blood of thine only-begotten Son. Amen.