A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

9. Mutual Prayer. Hence the Apostle Peter, 1 Pet. 3.7. advises, that their Prayers be not hindered; which implies that they should pray for and with one another. Thus Isaac is said, Gen. 25.21. to¹ multiply prayers with, or before his wife, and it follows how prevalent these prayers were. This Common Debt we owe to all, much more to them that are so nearly united to us. The purest love is written in Prayer. This Duty must constantly be done for, and frequently with each other. No better preservative of real love and peace, than praying together. There they must bewail their failings in their conjugal Relations, the⁽ⁱ⁾ pollutions that cleave to the marriage bed. There they should beg the blessing of Children, and blessings upon their Children, a blessing upon their Estates, and especially all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ upon their souls. Who knows but that God may touch the heart of the Wife, when the husband is pouring out prayers for her? Certainly they are in the discharge of their duty, to which God hath annexed a promise.

9. Mutual Prayer. Hence the Apostle Peter, 1 Pet. 3.7. advises, that their Prayers be not hindred; which implies that they should pray for and with one another. Thus Isaac is said, Gen. 25.21. to¹ multiply prayers with, or before his wife, and it follows how prevalent these prayers were. This Common Debt we owe to all, much more to them that are so nearly united to us. The purest love is written in Prayer. This Duty must constantly be done for, and frequently with each other. No better preservative of real love and peace, than praying together. There they must bewail their failings in their conjugal Relations, the⁽ⁱ⁾