We must pray for the grace of God, and all the kind and powerful influences and operations of that grace.
1. We must pray for grace to fortify us against every evil thought, word, and work. Having been earnest for the removing of the guilt of sin, that we may not die for it as a crime, we must be no less earnest for the breaking of the power of sin, that we may not die by it as a disease, but that it may be mortified in us.
O let no iniquity have dominion over us, because we are not under the law, but under grace. Rom 6:14.
Let the flesh be crucified in us, with its affections and lusts;, that walking in the Spirit we may not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. Gal 5:16, 24.
Let our old man be crucified with Christ, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we may not serve sin: and let not sin reign in our mortal bodies, (in our immortal souls,) that we should obey it in the lusts thereof. But being made free from sin, let us become the servants of righteousness. Rom 6:6, 12, 18.
Let the law of the spirit of life, which is in Christ Jesus, make us free from the law of sin and death. Rom 8:2.
Give us grace to put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, that we may put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph 4:22, 24.
That the world may be crucified to us, and we to the world by the cross of Christ. Gal 6:14.
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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.