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 be particular in our thanksgivings to God

2. We must give thanks for our preservation, that our lives are prolonged, and the use of our reason and understanding, our limbs, and senses, is continued to us.

It was owing to thy good providence that we died not from the womb, and did not give up the ghost when we came-out of the belly, that the knees prevented us, and the breasts that we should suck. Job 3:11, 12.

Though we were called transgressors:from the womb, yet by thy power we have been born from the belly, and carried from the womb; and thou holdest our souls in life, and sufferest not our foot to be moved. Isa 48:8; Isa 46:3. Ps 66:9.

All our bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee! for thou keepest all our bones, not one of them is broken. Ps 35:10; Ps 34:20.

We lay us down and sleep, for thou, Lord, makest us to dwell in safety. Ps 3:5.

Thou hast given thine angels a charge concerning us, to keep us in all our ways, to bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. And they are all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the good of them that shall be heirs of salvation. Ps 91:11, 12. Heb 1:14.

‹ We must give thanks that he has made: us reasonable… · For signal recoveries from danger by sickness or otherwise. ›

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.