We must stir up ourselves to praise God with the consideration both of the reason and of the encouragement we have to praise him.

1. We must be particular in our thanksgivings to God,

Under this head

• For the discoveries which he hath made to us in his word of the goodness of his nature.
• For the many instances of his goodness.
• The goodness of his providence relating to our bodies, and the life that now is; and
• With reference to all the creatures, and the world of mankind in general.
• With reference to us in particular.
• We must give thanks that he has made: us reasonable creatures, capable of knowing, loving, serving, and enjoying him, and that he hath not made us like the beasts that perish.
• We must give thanks for our preservation, that our lives are prolonged, and the use of our reason and understanding, our limbs, and senses, is continued to us.
• For signal recoveries from danger by sickness or otherwise.
• For the supports and comforts of this life, which have hitherto made the land of our pilgrimage easy and pleasant to us.
• For success in our callings and affairs, comfort in relations, and comfortable places It is God that girdeth us with strength, and maketh our way perfect; that hath blessed the work of our hands, and it may be so that though our beginning was small, yet our latter end hath greatly increased. . ; .
• For our own share in the public plenty, peace, and tranquillity.

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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.