A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry
(Ifthere be hopes ofrecovery) Lord, when you have tried them let them come forth like gold; Let their souls live, and they shall praise you, let your judgments help them: O deal bountifully with them that they may live, and keep your word. In love to their souls deliver them from the pit of corruption and cast all their sins behind your back. Recover them and make them live. Speak the word, and they shall be healed; say unto them, Live, yea, say unto them, Live, and the time shall be a time of love. Father, ifit be possible, let the cup pass away; however not as we will, but as you wilt: The will of the Lord be done. Perfect that which concerns them; your mercy, O
Lord, endures forever, forsake not the work of your own hands; but whether they live or die, let them be the Lord's. Job 23:10. Psalm
119:175, 17. Isaiah 38:17, 16. Matthew 8:8. Ezekiel 16:6, 8.
Matthew 26:39. Acts 21:14. Psalm 138:8. Romans 14.8.
(Ifthey be in appearance at the point ofdeath) Now the flesh and the heart are failing, Lord, be you the strength of the heart, and an everlasting portion: In the valley of the shadow of death, Lord, be you present, as the good shepherd with a guiding rod, and a supporting staff. O do not fail them nor forsake them now. Be a very present help: Into your hands we commit the departing spirit, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, by the hands of him who has redeemed it. Let it be carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. Let it be presented to you without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Lord Jesus, receive this precious soul, let it come to the spirits of just men made perfect; when it is absent from the body,