10. We must humbly profess the desire of our hearts towards God, as our felicity and portion, and fountain of life and all good to us.

Whom have we in heaven but thee; and there is none upon earth that we desire besides thee, or in comparison of thee. Ps 73:25, 26. When our flesh and our heart fail, be thou the strength of our heart, and our portion forever; the portion of our inheritance in the other world, and of our cup in this, and then we will say that the lines are fallen unto us in pleasant places, and that we have ~ a goodly heritage. Ps 16:5, 6.

The desire of our souls is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee ; with our souls have we desired thee in the night, and with our spirits within us will we seek thee early. Isa 26:8.

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth our soul after thee, O God; our soul thirsteth for God, for the living God, who will command his loving-kindness in the day time, and in the night, his song shall be with us, and our prayer to the God of our life. Ps 41:1, 2, 8.

O that we may come hungering and thirsting after righteousness, Matt 5:6; for thou fillest the hungry with good things, but the rich thou sendest empty away. Luke 1:53.

O that our souls may thirst for thee, and our flesh long for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is, that we may see thy power and thy glory, as we have seen thee in thy sanctuary. Thy loving kindness is better than life; our souls shall be satisfied with that as with marrow and fatness, and then our mouths shall praise thee with joyful lips. Ps 63:1–3, 5.

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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.