Answer — On many accounts; as, — 1because the Lord Christ hath commanded his church to attend unto the worship of God therein; 2because he bestows on the ministers of the church gifts and ability of prayer for the benefit and edification thereof; 3he hath appointed that all his other ordinances should be administered with prayer, whereby it becomes a part of them; 4because himself ministers in the holy place, as the great high priest of his church, to present their prayers unto God at the throne of grace; 5because in all the prayers of the church there is an especial regard had unto himself and the whole work of his mediation.
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