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.

13. For the intercession which he ever lives to make, in the virtue of his satisfaction.

We thank thee, that having borne the sins of many, he makes intercession for transgressors ; and prays not for those only that were given him when he was upon earth, but for all that shall believe on him through their word : that they. all may be one. Isa 53:12. John 17:20, 21.

That we have an Advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous, who is therefore able to save to the uttermost all those that come to God as a Father by him as a Mediator, seeing he ever lives to make intercession. 1 John 2:1. Heb 7:25.

That we have a High Priest taken from among men, and ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin, who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them who are out of the way, and that he is become the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him. Heb 5:1, 2, 9.

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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.