And Eli said unto her, How long will you be drunk? put away your wine from you.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Prayer is, then, to speak more boldly, a conversation with God. Though whispering, consequently, and not opening the lips, we speak in silence, yet we cry inwardly. For God hears continually the whole inward conversation.