For our own land and nation, which we ought in a special manner to seek the welfare of, that in the peace thereof we may have peace. › We must pray earnestly for national mercies.

5. For our enemies, and those that hate us.

Lord, give us to love our enemies, to bless them that curse us, and to pray for them that despitefully use us, and persecute us. Matt 5:44.

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do; and lay not their malice against us, to their charge, and work in us a disposition to forbear and forgive in love, as thou requirest we should when we pray. Luke 23:34. Acts 7:60. Col 3:13. Mark 11:25.

And grant that our ways may so please the Lord, that even our enemies May be at peace with us. Prov 16:7.

Let the wolf and the lamb lie down together, and let there be none to hurt and destroy in all thy holy mountain : let not Ephraim envy Judah, nor Judah vex Ephraim. Isa 11:6, 9, 13.

‹ For those that are poor and in affliction, for such we… · For our friends and those that love us. ›

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.