We must stir up ourselves to praise God with the consideration both of the reason and of the encouragement we have to praise him. › The goodness of his grace relating to our souls and the life that is to come.

2. For the eternal purposes and counsels of God, concerning man’s redemption.

We are bound to give thanks always to thee, O God, because thou hast from the beginning chosen some to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit. That there is a remnant according to the election of grace, whom God hath chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before thee in love, having predestinated them to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ unto thyself, according to the good pleasure of thy will, to the praise of the glory oF thy, grace. 2 Thess 2:13. Rom 11:5. Eph. . Rom 1:4, 6.

Thine they were, and thou gayest them to Christ, and this is thy will, that of all that thou hast given him he should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. John 6:39–40; John 6:39–40

‹ We must give thanks for his gracious design and… · For the appointing of the Redeemer, and God’s gracious… ›

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.