Christoffer
Puritan Board Sophomore
The institutes, Book 3, ch. 20, sect 33
Lastly, the tongue is not even necessary to private prayer, unless in so far as the internal feeling is insufficient for incitement, or the vehemence of the incitement carries the utterance of the tongue along with it.
I was surprised at this statement. I don't agree nor disagree, I am just surprised.
My reasoning has been such that I haven't really prayed for something completely before verbally finishing all the sentences, putting my thougts into words that is. Is this superstition on my part?
I feel sometimes, though, that using the tongue can be a hindrance, would actually be a relief sometimes to just pray silently.
Anyway, do the PB:ers agree or not with Calvins statement?
Lastly, the tongue is not even necessary to private prayer, unless in so far as the internal feeling is insufficient for incitement, or the vehemence of the incitement carries the utterance of the tongue along with it.
I was surprised at this statement. I don't agree nor disagree, I am just surprised.
My reasoning has been such that I haven't really prayed for something completely before verbally finishing all the sentences, putting my thougts into words that is. Is this superstition on my part?
I feel sometimes, though, that using the tongue can be a hindrance, would actually be a relief sometimes to just pray silently.
Anyway, do the PB:ers agree or not with Calvins statement?