It is then
rather
that he
was forced
to say it,
when the
occasion
presented
itself,
than that
he said
it, when
the
occasion
presented
itself,
the one
being of
necessity,
the other
of chance.
But the
two are
all that
we can
ask. 514.
“Work out
your own
salvation
with
fear.”
Proofs of
prayer.
Petenti
dabitur.[85]
Therefore
it is in
our power
to ask. On
the other
hand,
there is
God. So it
is not in
our power,
since the
obtaining
of (the
grace) to
pray to
