9. We must express the sense we have of our own meanness and unworthiness to draw near to God, and speak to him.

But will God in very deed dwell with man upon the earth, 2 Chr 6:18, that God whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, with man that is a worm, and the son of man that is a worm ? Job 25:6.

Who are we, O Lord God, and what is our father’s house, that thou hast brought us hitherto, to present ourselves before the Lord, that we have, through Christ, an access by one Spirit unto the Father? Eph 2:18. And yet, as if this had been a small thing in thy sight, thou hast spoken concerning thy servants for a great while to come, and is this the manner of men, O Lord God? - 2 Sam 7:18, 19.

What is man that thou art thus mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him, and dost thus magnify him? Ps 8:4.

O let not the Lord be angry, if we that are but dust and ashes take upon us to speak unto the Lord of glory. Gen 18:27, 30.

We are not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast showed unto thy servants, Gen 32:10; nor is it meet to take the children’s bread, and cast it to such as we are; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from their master’s table, Matt 15:26, 27; and thou art rich in mercy to all that call upon thee. Rom 10:12.

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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.