15. We must profess our entire reliance on . the Lord Jesus Christ alone for acceptance . with God, and come in his name.

We do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, Dan 9:18; for we are before thee in our trespasses; and cannot stand before thee because of them. But we make mention of Christ’s righteousness, even of his only, who is the Lord our righteousness. Ezra 9:15. Ps 71:16. Jer 23:6.

We know that even spiritual sacrifices are acceptable to God only through Christ Jesus; nor can we hope to receive any thing but what we ask of thee in his name; and therefore make us accepted in the Beloved ; that Angel, who puts much incense to the prayers of saints, and offers them up upon the golden altar before the throne. 1 Pet 2:5. John 16:23. Eph 1:6. Rev 8:3.

We come in the name of the great High Priest, who is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, who was touched with the feeling of our infirmities, and is therefore able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God by him; because he ever lives, to make intercession. Heb 4:14; Heb 7:25.

Behold, O God, our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed; in whom thou hast by a voice from heaven declared thyself to be well pleased ; Lord, be well pleased with us in him. Ps 84:9. Matt 3:17.

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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.