Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask… No doubt the prayers which the faithful put up to heaven from under their private roofs were very acceptable unto Him. But if a saint's single voice in prayer be so sweet to God's ear, much more the church choir. His saints' prayers in consort together. A father is glad to see any one of his children, and makes him welcome when he visits him, but much more when they come together; the greatest feast is when they all meet at his house. The public praises of the Church are the emblem of heaven itself, where all the angels and saints make but one consort. There is a wonderful prevalency in the joint prayers of His people. When Peter was in prison, the Church meets and prays him out of his enemies' hands. A prince will grant a petition subscribed by the hands of a whole city, which may be he would not at the request of a private subject, and yet love him well, too. There is an especial promise to public prayer "Where two or three," etc. (Gurnall) Parallel Verses KJV: Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. |
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