Since, however, the Lord, the Foreseer of human necessities, said separately, after delivering His Rule of Prayer, "Ask, and ye shall receive;" and since there are petitions which are made according to the circumstances of each individual; our additional wants have the right--after beginning with the legitimate and customary prayers as a foundation, as it were--of rearing an outer superstructure of petitions, yet with remembrance of the Master's precepts.
Apocrypha · Chapter 10 of 29
On Prayer 10
Patristic Treatise
About On Prayer
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 3, On Prayer (Buffalo, 1885), S. Thelwall, 1885 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 3, On Prayer (Buffalo, 1885), S. Thelwall (1885) · public domain