2. We must take hold of the great encouragement God hath given us to humble ourselves before him with sorrow, and shame, and to confess our sins.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord who should stand! But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared; with thee there is mercy, yea, with our God there is plenteous redemption, and he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Ps 130:3, 4, 7, 8.

Thy sacrifices, O God, are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Nay, though thou art the high and lofty One that inhabitest eternity, whose name is holy; though the heaven be thy throne and the earth thy footstool, yet to this man wilt thou look, that is poor and humble, of a broken and a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at thy word, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Ps 51:17. Isa 57:15. Isa 57:15

Thou hast graciously assured us, though they that cover their sins shall not prosper, yet those that confess and forsake them’ shall find mercy. And when a poor penitent said, I will confess my transgression unto the Lord, thou forgavest the iniquity of his sin; for this shall every one that is godly, in like manner, pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found. Prov 28:13. Ps 32:5, 6.

We know, that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us 3 but thou hast said that if we confess our sins, thou art faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to . Cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8, 9.

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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.