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

11. When we pray with, or for condemned malefactors, that have but a little while to live.

O look with pity upon those, the number of whose months is to be cut off in the midst of their sin. O give them repentance unto salvation, as thou didst to the thief upon the cross, that they may own the justice of God in all that is brought upon them, that he has done right, but they have done wickedly. O turn them, and they shall be turned, that being instructed they may smite upon the thigh, and be ashamed, yea, even confounded, because they do bear the reproach of their own iniquity. O pluck them as brands out of the fire ; let them be delivered from the wrath to come. Job 21:21.. 2 Cor 7:10. Neh 9:33. Jer 31:18, 19. 1 Thess 1:10.

Enable them to give glory to God by making confession, that they may find mercy, and that others may hear and fear, and do no more presumptuously. Prov 28:13. Deut 17:13.

Lord Jesus, remember them now, thou art in thy kingdom ; O let them not be hurt of the second death ; deliver them from going down to the pit; ~ though the flesh be destroyed, O let the spirit be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. The God of infinite mercy be merciful to these sinners, these sinners against their own souls. Luke 23:42. Rev 2:11. Job 33:24. 1 Cor 5:5. Luke 17:18. Num 16:38.

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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.