We must stir up ourselves to praise God with the consideration both of the reason and of the encouragement we have to praise him. › We must give God thanks for the spiritual mercies bestowed upon us in particular, especially if we are called with an effectual call, and have a good work of grace begun in us.

2. We must bless God if there be a saving change wrought in us by his blessed Spirit.

And hath God by his grace translated us out of the kingdom of darkness unto the kingdom of his dear Son? Hath he called us unto the fellowship of Jesus Christ, and made us nigh by his blood who by nature were afar off? Not unto us, a) Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name we give glory. Col 1:13, 1 Cor 1:9. Eph 2:13. Ps 115:1.

We give thanks to God always for those to whom the gospel is come, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 Thess 1:2, 5.

Thou hast loved us with an everlasting love, and therefore with loving kindness thou hast drawn us, drawn us with the cords of a man, and the bands of love. Jer 31:3. Hos 11:4.

When the strong man armed kept his palace in our hearts, and his goods were in peace, it was a stronger than he that came upon him, and took from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divided the spoil. Luke 11:21, 22.

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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.