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.

7. That we may be universally conscientious.

O that we may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col 4:12.

O that our ways were directed to keep thy commandments. And then shall we not be ashamed when we have respect to them all. Ps 119:5, 6.

Teach us, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and we shall keep it unto the end. Give us understanding, and we shall keep thy law, yea, we shall observe it with our whole heart. Make us to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do we delight. Incline our hearts unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Ps 119:33–36.

Grant us, we pray thee, according to the riches of thy glory, that we may be strengthened with all might by the Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith, and that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and may know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, and be filled with a divine fulness, and may partake of a divine nature. Eph 3:16–19. 2 Pet 1:4.

And let the love of Christ constrain us to live, not to ourselves, but to him that died for us, and rose again. 2 Cor 5:14, 15.

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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.