A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry (continued)
You have encouraged us to bring little children to you; for you have said, that ofsuch is the kingdom of God: Blessed Jesus, take up this child in the arms of your power and grace, put your hands upon it, and bless it; let it be a vessel of honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and owned as one ofyours in that day when you make up your jewels. Mark 10:14, 16. 2 Timothy 2:21. Malachi 3:17.
O pour your spirit upon our seed, your blessing upon our offspring, that they may spring up as willows by the water-courses, and may come to subscribe with their own hands unto the Lord, and to surname themselves by the name of Israel. Isaiah 44-3, 4, 5.
14. UPON OCCASION OF A FUNERAL Lord, give us to find it good for us to go to the house ofmourning, that we may be minded thereby of the end of all men, and may lay it to our heart, and may be so wise as to consider our latter end; for we also must be gathered to our people, as our neighbors and brethren are gathered: And though whither those that are dead in Christ are gone we cannot follow them now, yet grant that we may follow them afterwards, everyone in his own order. Ecclesiastes 7:2.
Deuteronomy 32:29. Numbers 27:13.
John 13:36. 1 Corinthians 15:23.
We know that you will bring us to death, and to the house appointed for all living; but let us not see death, till by faith we have seen the Lord Christ, and then let us depart in peace according to your word; And when the earthly house of this tabernacle shall be dissolved, let us have a building of God, a house not made with