Upon occasion of the cares, and burdens, and afflictions of particular persons ; as

4. When we pray with, or for those that are deprived of the use of their reason.

O look with pity upon those that are put out of possession of their own souls, whose judgment is taken away, so that their soul chooseth strangling and death rather than life. O restore them to themselves, and their right mind. Deliver them from doing themselves any harm. And whatever afflictions thou layest upon any of us in this world, preserve to us the use of our reason, and the peace of our consciences. Luke 21:9. Job 27:2; Job 7:15. Luke 15:17. Matt 5:15. Acts 16:28.

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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.