For our own land and nation, which we ought in a special manner to seek the welfare of, that in the peace thereof we may have peace.

1. We must be thankful to God for his mercies to our land.

We bless thee that thou hast planted us in a very fruitful hill, and hast not made the wilderness our habitation, or the barren land our dwelling, but our land yield her increase. Isa 5:1. Job 39:6. Ps 85:12.

Lord, thou hast dealt favourably with our land ; we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have told us, what work thou didst for us in their days, and in the times of old. And as we have heard, so have we seen ; for we have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. Ps 85:1; Ps 44:1; Ps 48:8, 9.

Thou hast given us a pleasant land ; it is Immanuel’s land; it is a valley of vision ; thou hast set up thy tabernacle among us, and thy sanctuary is in the midst of us. Jer 3:19. Isa 22:1; Isa 21:1. Ezek 37:26, 27.

We dwell safely under our own vines and figtrees, and there is peace to him that goeth out, and to him that cometh in. 1 Kgs 4:25. 2 Chr 23:7

And because the Lord loved our people, therefore he hath set a good government over us, to do judgment and justice, to be a terror to evil-doers, and a protection and praise to them that do well. 1 Kgs 10:9. Rom 13:3.

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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.