On Man's Perfection in Righteousness 26Section 25

Augustine · The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series I Volume V: Saint Augustin: Anti-Pelagian Writings by Philip Schaff

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(25.) Hence the force of the statement: "There was no injustice in my hands, but my prayer was pure." For the purity of his prayer arose from this circumstance, that it was not improper for him to ask forgiveness in prayer, when he really bestowed forgiveness himself.