Repetition in Prayer: Spurgeon's comment on Ps 144.7
<p>Commenting on Ps 144.7-8, 11, in Spurgeon's "Treasury of David", this quote attributed to "C.A.D.":</p>
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<p>"Repetitions in prayer are vain when they result from form, thoughtlessness, or superstition; but not, e.g.,</p>
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<li>When they are the utterance of genuine fervour.</li>
<li>When the danger prayed against is imminent.</li>
<li>When the fear which prompts the prayer is urgent.</li>
<li>When the repetition is prompted by a new motive, Psalms 144:7-8; by God's condescension, Psalms 144:3, 11; by God's former deliverance, Psalms 144:10; and by the results which will flow from the answer, Psalms 144:12-14."</li>
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