2. In our evening prayers.

Thou, O God, makest the out-goings of the evening, as well as of the morning, to rejoice; for thereby thou callest us from our work and our labour, and biddest us rest a while And now let our souls return to thee, and repose in thee as our rest, because thou hast dealt bountifully with us; so shall our sleep be sweet to us. Ps 65:8; Ps 104:23. Mark vi..3Ps 116:7. Jer 31:26.

Blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with his benefits, who hath this day preserved’ our going out and coming in. And now we have received from thee our daily bread, we pray, Father, forgive us our trespasses. Ps 68:19; Ps 121:8. Matt 6:11, 12.

And we will lay us down and sleep; for thou, Lord, makest us to dwell in safety. Make a hedge of protection, we pray thee, about us, and about our house, and about all that we have round about. Let the angels of God encamp round about us, to deliver us; that we may lie down, and none may make us afraid. Ps 4:8. Job 1:10. Ps 34:7. Job 11:19.

Into thy hands we commit our spirits; that in slumberings upon the bed, our ears may be opened and instruction sealed ; and let the Lord give us counsel, and let our reins instruct us in the night season. Visit us in the night, and try us, and enable us to commune with our own hearts upon our beds. Ps 31:5. Job 33:15. Ps 16:7; Ps 17:3;

Give us to remember thee upon our bed, and to meditate upon thee in the night watches, with the saints that are joyful in glory, and that sing aloud upon their beds. Ps 63:6; Ps 149:5.

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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.