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Let me never forget his benefits who crowneth with me with loving kindness and tender mercies. Psal. 103. 3.
Q. What are the mercies and blessings for which you should give God thanks?
A. They are of three Sorts: Temporal, spiritual, and the hope that I have of eternal good things.
Q. In what words can you express your thankfulness for temporal blessings?
A. Lord I thank thee, who hast given me a beeing amongst the best of thy creatures: in this visible world Psal. 8. 5.
Lord I was cast upon thy care from the womb, thou art my kind God from my mothers belly. Psal. 22, 10.
Lord thou hast given me bread to eat, and raiment to put on me; so that hitherto I have lacked nothing. Gen. 28. 20. Luke 22. 35.
Q. In what words can you give thanks to God for spiritual mercies?
A. God be magnified: who has given me all things pertaining to life and godliness. 2. Pet. 1. 3.
Blessed be God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spirituall blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. 1. 3.
Q. With what words can you give God thanks for the hope of eternal good things?
