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.

4. The greater afflictions we have been under for sin, the greater is the sin if we go on in it.

Thou hast stricken us, but we have not grieved ; we have refused to receive correction, and have made our faces harder than a rock; and. the rod hath not driven the foolishness out of our hearts. Jer 5:3. Prov 22:15. om

Thou hast chastened us with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men, yet we have not turned to him that smiteth us, nor have we sought the Lord of hosts. 2 Sam 7:14. Isa 9:13.

When some have been overthrown as Sodom and Gomorrah were, we have been as brands plucked ss of the fire, yet have we not returned Isa 1:9

unto thee, O Lord. And when thy hand has been lifted up, we have not seen it. Amos 4:11. Isa 26:11.

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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.