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

4. The carnality of our affections, their being placed upon wrong objects, and carried beyond due bounds.

We have set those affections on things beneath, which should have been set on things above, where our treasure is, and where Christ sits on the right hand of God, the things which we should seek. Col 3:1, 2. Matt 6:21.

We have followed after lying vanities, and forsaken our own mercies ; have forsaken the fountain of living waters for cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jonah 2:8. Jer 2:13.

We have panted after the dust of the earth, and have been full of care what we shall eat, and what we shall drink, and wherewithal we shall be clothed, the things after which the Gentiles seek, but have neglected the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof. Matt 6:32, 33.

We have lifted up our souls unto vanity, and set our eyes upon that which is not; have looked at the things that are seen, which are temporal ; but the things that are eternal have been forgotten and postponed. Ps 24:4. Prov 23:5. 2 Cor 4:18.

‹ The vanity of our thoughts, their neglect of those things… · The corruption of the whole man; irregular appetites… ›

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.