An abridgement of Henry on prayer

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.comwww.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: North Consociation of Hart- JL ford county, at their session, September 27th, 1803, at East-Hartford, first society, impressed with a sense that the worship of God, in its various forms, is so important and essential a part of religion, and desirous of promoting what might directly tend to assist the acts of religious worship in God's people of all communions, passed the following vote, " That a " committee be appointed to prepare " for publication a small cheap vol- " ume on the subject of prayer, con- " sisting of an abridgment of Henry " on Prayer, with such additions as " they shall judge proper." In pursuance of their appointment, the committee have abridged Mr. Henry's method of Prayer, which is a judicious collection of scriptures, proper to the several parts of the duty: and have concluded to accompany it with anEssay on the nature of the duty of Prayer; the foundation of it; the man- ner in which it is to be performed; the ends and design of it; and the en- couragements to the duty. And also some forms of Prayer are annexed to teach, as a sample, the people of God, in what way it is proper to address the Throne of Grace, and hold correspondence with the fountain of being and blessedness. There are, indeed, several well composed forms of devotion in the world, written by ministers of the greatest talents and piety. These may be of excellent use to instruct us, both in the matter and language of prayer. The committee now offer this small volume on the great subject of prayer, to the public; hoping, jhat by the grace of the Holy Spirit, it may be the means of assisting the pious of all denominations, in prayer, which is the principal branch of religious wor ship. ffartford, Dec. 180S. chapter{Section 4AN ABRIDGMENT op HENRY ONPRAYER. CHAPTER I., Invocat...