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.

4. For the powerful influences of the divine grace to sanctify and preserve us, to prevent our falling into sin, and to strengthen us in doing our duty.

Thou hast not quenched the smoking flax, nor broke the bruised reed, nor despised the day of small things; but having obtained help of God, we continue hitherto. Matt 12:20. Zech 4:10. Acts 26:22.

In the day when we cried, thou hast answered us, and hast strengthened us with strength in our souls. Ps 138:3.

We have been continually with thee, thou hast holden us by the right hand, when our feet were almost gone, and our steps had well nigh slipt. Ps 73:2, 3.

We have reason never to forget thy precepts, for by them thou hast quickened us; and unless thy law had been our delight, we should many a time have perished in our affliction; for thy statutes have been our songs in the house of our pilgrimage. Ps 119:92, 93.

Unless the Lord had been our help, our souls had almost dwelt in silence; but when we said, Our foot slippeth, thy mercy, O Lord, held us up; and in the multitude of our thoughts within us, thy comforts have been the delight of our souls. Ps 94:17–19.

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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.