Chapter 33 — Part IV: Prayer — On Prayer in General
Section 15. To Devout Prayer And Dispositions God Grants More Than Is Asked — On the other hand, to those who pray with devout attention, God grants more than they ask. This the Apostle declares in his Epistle to the Ephesians, and the same truth is unfolded ill the parable of the prodigal son, who would have deemed it a kindness to be admitted into the number of his father's servants.