We must likewise pray that God will be reconciled to us, that we may obtain his favour and blessing, and gracious acceptance.

2. That we may be taken into covenant with God, and admitted into relation with him.

Be thou to us a God, and take us to be to thee a people, and make us a willing people in the day of thy power. Heb 8:10. Ps 110:3.

Though we are no more worthy to be called thy children; for how shouldest thou put us, that have been rebellious, among the children, and give us the pleasant land? but thou hast said, that we shall call thee our Father, and not turn away from thee. Shall we not therefore from this time cry unto thee, Our Father, thou art the guide of our youth? Luke 15:19. Jer 3:4, 19.

Lord, we take hold of thy covenant, to thee we join ourselves in a perpetual covenant.” O that thou wouldest cause us to pass under the rod, and bring us into the bond of the covenant, that we may become thine. Isa 56:4. Jer 50:5. Ezek 20:37. Ezek 16:8.

Make with us an everlasting covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Isa 55:3.

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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.