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

5. Our security and unmindfulness of the changes we are liable to in this world.

We have put far from us the evil day, and in our prosperity have said, We shall never be moved, as if to-morrow must needs be as this day, and much more abundant. Amos 6:3. Ps 30:6. Isa 6:12. We have encouraged our souls to take their ease, to eat and drink, and be merry, as if we had goods laid up for many years, when perhaps this night ‘our souls may be required of us. Luke 12:19.

We have been ready to trust in uncertain riches more than in the living God; to say to the gold, Thou art our hope, and to the fine gold, Thou art our confidence. 1 Tim 6:17. Job 31:24.

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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.