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The Apostle Paul usually made prayer the Alpha and Omega, the preface and ending of all his Epistles. If we observe it well we shall find that each of them is scented with this sweet perfume, Rom. 1.9. and 15.13. and 16.24. 1 Cor: 1.3, 4. and 16.23. 2 Cor: 1.2, 3. and ult: ult: Gal: 1.3. and 6. ult: Ephes: 1.2, 3, 15, to 20. and 6.23, 24. Phil: 1.2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11. and 4. ult: Col: 1.2, 3, and 4. ult: 1 Thess: 1.2. and 3.10. and 5: ult: 2 Thess: chap: 1, and 2: and 2:16: and ult: ult: 1 Tim: 1: 2: and ult: ult: 2 Tim: 1: 2: and ult: ult: Tit: 1:4: and 3: ult: Philemon vers: 4: Heb: 13:21, 22. Prayer was his salutation, and prayer was his conclusion; nay as some persons of quality seal all their letters with their coats of Arms, so the holy Apostle all his Epistles with prayer for the persons to whom he wrote, and gives us leave to look on all as forged where this mark was missing; The salutation of Paul, with mine own hand, which is the token in every Epistle, so I write; The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen, 2 Thess. 3.17, 18. All Christians must pray for others; its their general calling in part. Among the Persians he that offered sacrifice prayed for all his Countrymen, saith Herodotus (lib: 1. 9) Pray one for another, Jam: 5. But its the particular calling of a Minister: We must give our selves to prayer, it must be the element in which we breath and live, He is a Prophet, and he shall pray for thee, Gen: 20.7. Prophets of all men must be frequent at prayer.

The Apostle Paul usually made prayer the Alpha and Omega, the preface and ending of all his Epistles. If we observe it well we shall finde that each of them is sented with this sweet perfume, Rom. 1.9. and 15.13. and 16.24. 1 Cor: 1.3, 4. and 16.23. 2 Cor: 1.2, 3. and ult: ult: Gal: 1.3. and 6. ult: Ephes: 1.2, 3, 15, to 20. and 6.23, 24. Phil: 1.2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11. and 4. ult: Col: 1.2, 3, and 4. ult: 1 Thess: 1.2. and 3.10. and 5: ult: 2 Thess: chap: 1, and 2: and 2:16: and ult: ult: 1 Tim: 1: 2: and ult: ult: 2 Tim: 1: 2: and ult: ult: Tit: 1:4: and 3: ult: Philemon vers: 4: Heb: 13:21, 22. Prayer was his salutation, and prayer was his conclusion; nay as some persons of quality seal all their letters with their coats of Arms, so the holy Apostle all his Epistles with prayer for the persons to whom he wrote, and gives us leave to look on all as forged where this mark was missing; The salutation of Paul, with mine own hand, which is the token in euery Epistle, so I write; The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen,