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.

And that he is infinitely above us and all other beings.

Thou art God, and not man; hast not eyes of flesh, nor seest thou as man seeth; Hos 11:9. Thy days are not as the days of man, nor thy years as man’s days. Job 10:4, 5.

As heaven is high above the earth, so are thy thoughts above our thoughts, and thy ways above our ways. Isa 55:9.

All nations before thee are as a drop of the bucket, or the small dust of the balance, and thou takest up the isles as a very little thing; they are as nothing, and are counted to thee less than nothing, and vanity. Isa 40:15, 17.

‹ And his perfections to be matchless, and without comparison. · Particularly in our adorations we must acknowledge ›

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.