4. We must lament our present corrupt dispositions to that which is evil, and our indisposedness to, and impotency in, that which is good. We must look into our own hearts, and confess with holy blushing,

Under this head

• The blindness of our understandings, and their unaptness to admit the rays of the divine light.
• The stubbornness of our wills, and their unapthess to submit to the rules of the divine law.
• The vanity of our thoughts, their neglect of those things which they ought to be conversant with, and dwelling upon those things that are unworthy of them, and tend to corrupt our minds.
• The carnality of our affections, their being placed upon wrong objects, and carried beyond due bounds.
• The corruption of the whole man; irregular appetites towards those things that are pleasing to sense, and inordinate passions against those things that are displeasing, and an alienation of the mind from the principles, power, and pleasures of the spiritual and divine life.

‹ We must therefore confess and bewail our original… · The blindness of our understandings, and their unaptness… ›

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.