16. We must pray for grace to prepare us for death, and to carry us well through our dying moments.

Lord, make us to know our end, and the measure of our days, what it is, that we may know and consider how frail we are; and that our days are as an handbreadth, and that every man at his best state is altogether vanity, and our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. Pya. xxxix. 4, 5. 1 Chr 29:15.

Lord, teach us so to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom, and make us to consider our latter end. Ps 90:12. Deut 32:29.

Lord, make us always ready, with our loins girded about, and our lights burning, because the Son of Man comes in an hour that we think not. Luke 12:35, 40.

Keep us all the days of our appointed time waiting till our change comes : and then shalt thou call, and we will answer. Job 14:14, 15.

Bring us to our grave as a shock of corn in its season ; satisfy us with life, whether it be longer or shorter, and show us thy salvation. Job 5:26. Ps 91:16.

And when we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, be thou with us, that we may fear no evil; let thy rod and thy staff comfort us. Ps 23:4.

Let goodness and mercy follow us all the days of our life, and let us dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Mercy and truth be with us. Ps 23:6. 2 Sam 15:20.

Redeem our souls from the power of the grave, and receive us. Guide us by thy counsel, and afterward receive us into glory. Ps 49:15; Ps 73:24.

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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.