We must stir up ourselves to praise God with the consideration both of the reason and of the encouragement we have to praise him. › We must be particular in our thanksgivings to God

4. For the supports and comforts of this life, which have hitherto made the land of our pilgrimage easy and pleasant to us.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with his benefits, even the God of our salvation.: Ps 68:19.

Thou makest us to lie down in green pastures, thou feedest us beside the still waters; thou preparest a table for us in the presence of our enemies, thou anointest our head, and our cup runs over. Ps 23:2, 5.

It may be we were sent forth without purse or scrip, but lacked we any thing? Nothing, Lord. Luke 22:35.

The candle of God hath shined upon our head, and by his light we have walked through darkness, and the secret of God has been in our tabernacle. Job 29:3, 4.

Thou hast given us all things richly to enjoy, and into our hands hast brought abundantly. 1 Tim 6:17. Job 12:6.

Many a time we have eaten and been filled, and delighted ourselves in thy great goodness. Neh 9:25.

When we remember all the ways which the Lord our God hath led us for-so many years in this wilderness, we must here set up a stone and call it Ebenezer, for hitherto the Lord hath helped us. Deut 8:2. 1 Sam 7:12.

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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.