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.

2. We must be humbled before God for our national sins and provocations.

But we are a sinful people, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers. And a great deal of reason we have to sigh and cry for the abominations that are committed among us. Isa 1:4. Ezek 9:4.

Iniquity abound among us, and the love of many is waxen cold. Matt 24:12.

We have not been forsaken, nor forgotten of our God, though our land be full of sin against the Holy One of Israel. Jer 51:5.

‹ We must be thankful to God for his mercies to our land. · We must pray earnestly for national mercies. ›

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.