Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadCharles Buck Theological Dictionary: PETITION
Subjects in this Topic:
According to Dr. Watts, is the fourth part of prayer, and includes a desire of deliverance from evil, and a request of good things to be bestowed. On both these accounts petitions are to be offered up to God, not only for ourselves, but for our fellow-creatures also. This part of prayer is frequently called intercession.
See PRAYER.