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.

17. For the covenant of grace made with us in Jesus Christ, and all the exceeding great and precious privileges of that covenant, and for the seals of it.

We thank thee, that in Jesus Christ thou hast made an everlasting covenant with us, even the sure mercies of David, and that though the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, yet this covenant of thy peace shall never be removed. Isa 55:3; Isa 54:10.

That thou hast given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these we might be partakers of a divine nature; and that Jesus Christ is the Mediator of this better covenant, which is established upon better promises. 2 Pet 1:4. Heb 8:6.

That though thou chasten our transgression with the rod, and our iniquity with stripes, yet thy loving-kindness thou wilt not utterly take away, nor cause thy faithfulness to fail, thy covenant thou wilt not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of thy lips. Ps 89:32–34.

That being willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of thy counsel, thou hast confirmed it by an oath; that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us. Heb 6:17, 18.

That baptism is appointed to be a seal of the righteousness which is by faith, as circumcision was; that it assures us of the remission of sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost; and that this promise is to us and our children; and that the cup in the Lord’s Supper is the blood of the New Testament, which was shed for many, for the remission of sins. Rom 4:11. Acts 2:38, 39. Matt 26:28.

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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.