7. We must avouch this God to be our God, and own our relation to him, his dominion over us, and propriety in us.

Our souls have said unto the Lord, thou art our God, though our goodness extendeth not unto thee, Ps 16:2; neither if we are righteous art thou the better. Job 35:7.

Thou art our King, O God: other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, Ps 44:4; but from henceforth by thee only will we make mention of thy name. Isa 26:13.

We avouch the Lord this day to be our God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken to his voice, and give ourselves unto him, to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised, that we may be a holy people unto the Lord our God, Deut 26:17–19; and may be unto him for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory. Jer 13:11

O Lord, truly we are thy servants; we are thy _ servants born in thy house, and thou hast loosed our bonds, Ps 116:16; we are bought with a price, and therefore we are not our own, 1 Cor 6:19; but yield ourselves unto the Lord, and join ourselves unto him in an everlasting covenant, 2 Chr 30:8, that shall never be forgotten. Jer 50:5.

We are thine; save us, for we seek thy precepts. Ps 119:94. It is thine own, Lord, that we give thee, and that which cometh of thine hand. 1 Chr 29:16.

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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.