2. We must reverently adore God, as a being transcendently bright and blessed, self-existent and self-sufficient, an infinite and eternal Spirit, who has all perfections in himself, and give him the glory of his titles and attributes.

O Lord our God, thou art very great, thou art clothed with honour and majesty, thou coverest thyself with light as with a garment, Ps 104:1, 2, and yet as to us makest darkness thy pavilion, Ps 18:11; for we cannot order our speech aright by reason of darkness. Job 37:19:

This is the message which we have heard of thee, and we set to our seal that it is true, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all ; 1 John 1:5. And that God is love, and they that dwell in love, dwell in God, and God in them. 1 John 4:16.

Thou art the Father of light, with whom is no variableness or shadow of turning, and from whom cometh every good and perfect gift. Jas 1:17.

Thou. art the blessed and only potentate; the King of kings, and Lord of lords, who only hast immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen or can see, 1 Tim 6:15, 16)

Under this head

• We must acknowledge his being to be unquestionable and past dispute.
• Yet we must own his nature to be incomprehensible.
• And his perfections to be matchless, and without comparison.
• And that he is infinitely above us and all other beings.
• Particularly in our adorations we must acknowledge
• That he is an eternal God, immutable, without beginning of days, or end of life, or change of time.
• That he is present in all places, and there is no place in which he is included, or out of which he is excluded.
• That he hath a perfect knowledge of all persons and things, and sees them all, even that which is most secret, at one clear, certain, and unerring view.
• That his wisdom is unsearchable, and the counsels and designs of it cannot be fathomed.
• That his sovereignty is incontestable, and he is the owner and absolute Lord of all.
• That his power is irresistible, and the operations of it cannot be controlled.
• That he is a God of unspotted purity and perfect rectitude.
• That he is just in the administration of his government ; and never did, nor ever will, do wrong to any of his creatures.
• That his truth is inviolable, and the treasures of his goodness inexhaustible.

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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.