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

7. When we pray with, or for those women that are near the time of travail, or in travail.

Lord, thou hast passed this sentence upon the woman that was first in the transgression, that in sorrow she shall bring forth children. But let this handmaid of thine be saved in child-bearing, and continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. Enable her to cast her burden upon the Lord, and let the Lord sustain her; and what time she is afraid, grant that she may trust in thee, and may encourage herself in the Lord her God. O let not the root be dried up from beneath, nor let the branch be withered or cut off, but let both live before thee. Be thou her strong habitation, her rock, and her fortress; give commandment to save her. And when travail comes upon her, which she cannot escape, be pleased, O Lord, to deliver her. O Lord, make haste to help her; be thou thyself her help and deliverer; make no tarrying, O our God; let her be safely delivered, and remember the anguish no more, for joy that a child is born into the world, is born unto thee. 1 Tim 2:14. Gen 2:16. 1 Tim 1:18. Ps 55:22; Ps 56:3. 1 Sam 30:6. Job 18:16. Ps 71:3. 1 Thess 5:3. Ps 40:13, 17. John 16:21.

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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.