Him is not
in our
power. For
since
salvation
is not in
us, and
the
obtaining
of such
grace is
from Him,
prayer is
not in our
power. The
righteous
man should
then hope
no more in
God, for
he ought
not to
hope, but
to strive
to obtain
what he
wants. Let
us
conclude
then that,
since man
is now
unrighteous
since the
first sin,
and God is
unwilling
that he
should
thereby
not be
estranged
from Him,
it is only
by a first
effect
that he is
not
estranged.
Therefore,
