20. We must pray to be supplied with the comforts and supports we daily stand in need of.

O that the beauty of the Lord our God may be upon us; prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Save now, we beseech thee, O Lord; O Lord, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. Ps 90:17; Ps 118:25.

Let our sons be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daughters as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace. Let our garners be full, affording all manner of store; and let there be no breaking in or going out, no complaining in our streets. Happy is the people that is in such a case, yea rather, happy is the people whose God is the Lord. Ps 144:12–15

Let us be blessed in the city, and blessed in the field ; let our basket and our store be blessed ; let us be blessed when we come in, and when we go out. Deut 28:3, 5, 6.

Let thy good providence so order all events concerning us, that they may be made to work for good to us, as thou hast promised they shall to all that love thee, and are called according to thy purpose. Rom 8:28.

Give us to trust in the Lord, and do good, and then we shall dwell in the land, and verily we shall be fed; and be thou pleased to bring forth our righteousness as the light, and our judgment as the noonday. Ps 37:3, 6.

Let us be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and not be afraid of destruction when it cometh ; let us be in league with the stones of the field, and let the beasts of the field be at peace with us; let us know that our tabernacle is in peace, and let us visit our habitation and not sin. Job 5:21, 23, 24.

And if God will be with us, and will keep us in the way that we go, during our pilgrimage in this world, and will give us bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that we may come to our heavenly Father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be our God. Gen 27:20, 21.

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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.