We must aggravate our sins, and take notice of those things which make them more heinous in the sight of God, and more dangerous to ourselves. ~ We bewail before thee all our sins, and all our transgressions in all our sins. . The more knowledge we have of good and evil, the greater is our sin.

3. The more mercies we have received from God, the greater has been our sin.

Thou hast nourished and brought us up as children, but we have rebelled against thee. Isa 1:2. We have ill requited thee, O Lord, as foolish people and unwise: Though thou art our Father that made us, and bought us, and established us, yet our spot has not been the spot of thy children. Deut 32:5, 6.

We have not rendered again, according to the” benefit done unto us. 2 Chr 32:25.

We have been often reproved, and yet have hardened our neck, and have gone on froward in the way of our heart. Prov 29:1. Isa 10:27

Thou hast sent to us, saying, O do this abominable thing which I hate; but we have not hearkened, nor inclined our ear. Jer 44:4, 5.

The word of God hath been to us precept upon precept, and line upon line; and though we have beheld our nature as face to face in a glass, yet we have gone astray, and straightway forgot what manner of men we were. Isa 28:13. Jas 1:23, 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.