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.

16. For the sending of the Holy Spirit to supply the want of Christ’s bodily presence, to carry on his undertaking, and to prepare things for his second coming.

We bless thee, that when our Lord Jesus went away, he sent us another comforter to abide with us for ever, even the Spirit of truth, who shall 12 glorify the Son, for he shall take of his, and shall show it unto us. John 14:16, 17; John 16:14.

That being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he poured it forth as rivers of living water. Acts 2:33. John 7:38.

Blessed be God for the signs and wonders, and divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost, with which God bare witness to the great salvation. And blessed be God for the promise, that as earthly parents, though evil, know how to give good gifts to their children, so our heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him; that Holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession. Heb 2:4. Luke 11:13. Eph 1:13, 14.

‹ For the assurance we have of his second coming to judge… · For the covenant of grace made with us in Jesus Christ,… ›

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.