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.

6. For the wonderful and mysterious incarnation of the Son of God, and his coming into the world.

We bless thee, that when the fulness of time was come, thou didst send forth thy Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal 4:4.

That the eternal Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and there were those who saw his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness, God was manifested in the flesh. John 1:14. 1 Tim 3:16,

We bless thee, that to this end he was born, and for this cause he came into the world, that he might bear witness of the truth; and we believe, and are sure, that he is that Christ, the Son of the living God; that it is he that should come, and we are to look for no other. John 18:37 ; John 6:69. Matt 11:3.

We bless thee that the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost; that he is come that we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly ; and for this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. Luke 19:10. John 10:10. 1 John 3:8.

Lord, we receive it as a faithful saying, and well worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, even the chief. 1 Dat, 3. 1 Tim 1:15

We bless thee, that forasmuch as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that he took not on him the nature of angels, but our nature, and was in all things made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people; and that he is not ashamed to call them brethren. Heb 2:11, 14, 16, 17.

And that the first begotten was brought into the world with a charge given to all the angels of God to worship him. Heb 1:6.

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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.