We must pray for the grace of God, and all the kind and powerful influences and operations of that grace. › We must pray for grace to furnish us for every good thought, word, and work, that we may not only be kept from sin, but may be in every thing as we should be, and do as we should do.

6. That we may do the duty of every condition of life, every event of providence, and every relation wherein we stand.

Lord, enable us in a day of prosperity to be joyful, and in a day of adversity to. consider, because God hath set the one over against the other, to add to our knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience. Eccl 7:14. 2 Pet 1:6.

Give us grace to abide with thee in the calling wherein we are called ; and in all our ways to acknowledge thee, and be thou pleased to direct our steps. 1 Cor 7:20. Prov 5:6.

Let those that are called, being servants, be the Lord’s freemen ; and those that are called, being free, be Christ’s servants. 1 Cor 7:21.

Let all in every relation dwell together in unity, that it may be as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion. O that we may dwell together as joint-heirs of the grace of life, that our prayers may not be hindered. Ps 133:1, 3. 1 Pet 3:7.

Give us grace to honour all men, to love the — brotherhood, to fear God, and to be subject to the — higher powers, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 1 Pet 2:17. Rom 13:1, 5.

‹ That we may be pleasant and cheerful in our duty. · That we may be universally conscientious. ›

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.