3. We must give to God the praise of that splendor and glory wherein he is pleased to manifest himself in the upper world.

Thou hast prepared thy throne in the heavens, Ps 103:19; and it is a throne of glory, high and lifted up; and before thee the seraphims cover their faces. Isa 6:1, 2. And it is in compassion to us that thou holdest back the face of that throne, and spreadest a cloud upon it. Job 26:9.

Thou makest thine angels spirits, and thy ministers a flame of fire. Ps 104:4. Thousand thousands of them minister unto thee, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before thee, to do thy pleasure. Dan 7:10. They excel in strength, and hearken to the voice of thy word. Ps 103:20, 21. And we are come by faith and hope, and holy love, into a spiritual communion with that innumerable company of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect, even to the general assembly and church of the first-born, in the heavenly Jerusalem. Heb 12:22, 23.

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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.