Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 1:11

11 You also helping together by prayer for us , that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf .

Faith ought not to hinder Prayer; nor doth Gods principal Efficiency, as to any Mercy or Deliverance bestowed upon us, give a Supersede[illegible: 1 letter]s to us, as to the use of any means, whether Natural or Spiritual, by which the Mercy may be obtained. Nor are the Prayers of the meanest Saints useless for the greatest, or beneath their desires; men and womens favour with God depends not upon their order, station, and repute in the World.

By the Gift here, he means the deliverance before mentioned; which he calls a Gift, to denote, not only Gods principal Efficiency in it, but his free bestowing of it; this Gift (he saith) is bestowed by the means of many, because obtained upon the Intercession or Prayers of many. God doth therefore bestow mercies upon particular persons at the intercession of many others on their behalf, that he may not only have the praises of those persons upon whom he so bestoweth the mercy; but of those who have been so praying. The Apostle hereby hinteth to us, That we ought no more to forget to give thanks for others, for whom God hath heard us, than to pray for them when in distress.

Marginal references: Rom. 15.30. Phil. 1.19. Philem. 22.; Chap. 4.15.