3126. About prayers
I saw by a spiritual idea that prayers to the Lord, if they are done from conscience as a duty, are then good, but if so that one may obtain or deserve something, it is not good, even evil. 1748, 12 Sept.
3126. CONCERNING PRAYERS.
I perceived in spiritual idea, that prayers to the Lord, if made from conscience, as a duty, are then good, but if that thereby something is obtained or merited, it is not good, yea [etiam] is evil. - 1748, September 12.
3126. De precibus
Idea spirituali percepi, quod preces ad Dominum, si ex conscientia ut debitum fiant, tunc bonae, at si ut inde aliquid obtineat aut mereatur, est non bonum, etiam malum. 1748, 12 Sept.