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LECTƲRE IV.
Verse 3. Hauing you in perfit memory.
4. Alwaies in all my prayers for all you, praying with gladnesse.
5. Because of the fellowship which yee haue in the gospell, from the first day vnto now.
NOw farther the Apostle signifieth this re∣ioycing on the Philippians behalfe, and his loue towards them, by remembring them in all his prayers vnto God, and by praying for them with gladnesse, when he saith, that he hath them in per∣fect memory alwaies in all his prayers &c. It is vsuall with the Apostle in his Epistles, as to signifie his thanksgiuing vnto God on their behalfe vnto whom he writeth, so to signifie his remembrance of them alwaies in his p ayers. But yet here the Apostle signifieth this his remembrance of them in his prayers in more then an vsuall manner. In the Epistle to the Romanes, to the Colossians, the for∣mer to the Thessalonians, and to Philemon, he telleth them to whom he writeth, that he maketh mention of them al∣waies in his prayers. But here he tells the Philippians that alwaies in his prayers he hath them all in memory, that al∣waies in his praiers he hath them all in perfit memory, that alwaies he hath them all in perfit memory in all his prayers, that in all his prayers he remembreth them with gladnesse, each circumstance more then other importing his most carefull remembrance of them in his praiers vnto God, that they might continue in that grace wherein they stood, in that fellowship which they had with other Churches in the gospell. For therefore thanked he God, and was