We must likewise bewail our many actual transgressions, in thought, word, and deed.

4. Our sensuality and flesh-pleasing.

We have minded the things of the flesh more than the things of the Spirit; and have lived in pleasure in the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished our hearts as in a day of slaughter. Rom 8:5. Jas 5:5.

We have made provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts of it; even those lusts which war against our souls ; and in many instances, have acted as if we had been lovers of pleasure’more than lovers of God. Rom 13:14. 1 Pet 4:2. 2 Tim 3:4.

When we did eat, and when we did drink, did we not eat to ourselves, and drink to ourselves ? Zech 7:6.

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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.