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

8. When we pray with, or for those that are recovered from sickness, or are delivered in child-bearing, and desire to return thanks to God for his mercy.

We will extol thee, O Lord, upon the account of those whom thou hast lifted up, whose souls thou hast brought up from the grave, and kept them alive, that they should not go down to the it. Those that were brought low thou hast helped, hast delivered their souls from death, their eyes from tears, and their feet from falling. Now give them grace to walk before thee in the land of the living, to offer to thee the sacrifices of thanksgiving, to call upon thy name, and to pay their vows unto the Lord. Ps 30:1, 3; cxvi- 6, 8, eos AS.

The grave cannot thus praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee, they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth, but the living, the living they shall praise thee, as we do this day. Lord, grant that those who are delivered from death may not be as the nine lepers, who did not return to give thanks, or as Hezekiah, who rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; but that they may so offer praise, as to glorify thee, and so order their conversation, as to see the salvation of God. Isa 38:18, 19. Luke 17:18. 2 Chr 32:25. Ps 50:23.

Those whom the Lord has chastened sore, yet he has not delivered over unto death: O that they may therefore praise him, who is become their salvation. Ps 118:18, 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.