Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 6:6

6 Whom they set before the apostles: And when they had prayed , they laid their hands on them.

Prayer is the salt, which seasoneth and sanctifieth all things.

A rite used in the Church of old, 1. In their Sacrifices, Exod 29.15. 2. In their blessings, Gen. 48.14. 3. In their designations unto a charge or office; thus Moses on Ioshua, Numb. 27.18. and from thence it was easilier derived unto the Gospel-Church. Our Saviour blessing thus the children which were brought unto him, Matth. 19.13. and thus also were Ministers ordained in the Primitive times, 1 Tim. 5.22.

Marginal references: Chap. 8.17. and 13.3. 1 Tim. 4.14. 2 Tim. 1.6.