We must reverently adore God, as a being transcendently bright and blessed, self-existent and self-sufficient, an infinite and eternal Spirit, who has all perfections in himself, and give him the glory of his titles and attributes.

5. That his sovereignty is incontestable, and he is the owner and absolute Lord of all.

The heavens, even the heavens are thine, and all the hosts of them. Ps 115:16. The earth is thine, and the fulness thereof; the world,and they that dwell therein. Ps 24:1. In thy hand are the deep places of the earth, and the strength of the hills is thine also. The sea is thine, for thou madest it, and thy hands formed the dry land. Ps 95:3–5. All the beasts of the forest are thine, and the cattle “en hills. Ps 104:20

Thou art therefore a great God, and a great King above all gods. Ps 95:3

In thy hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job 12:10.

Thy dominion is an everlasting dominion, and thy kingdom is from generation to generation. Thou doest according to thy will in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay thy hand, or say unto thee, What doest thou? or, Why doest thou so? Dan 4:34, 35.

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Pray now: a guided prayer in six parts, with the next heads each day.

Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.