An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the…

Two Years after, upon occasion of his being present at an Ordination at Whitchurch, he thus writes; This Day my Ordination Covenants were in a special manner renewed, as to diligence in Reading, Prayer, Meditation, Faithfulness in Preaching, Admonition, Catechizing, Sacraments, Zeal against Error and Profaneness, Care to preserve and promote the Unity and Purity of the Church, notwithstanding Opposition and Persecution, tho' to Death. Lord thou hast filled my Hands with Work, fill my Heart with Wisdom and Grace, that I may discharge my Duty to ⟨p. 47⟩thy Glory, and my own Salvation, and the Salvation of those that hear me. Amen.

Two Years after, upon occasion of his being present at an Ordination at Whitchurch, he thus writes; This Day my Ordination Covenants were in a special manner renew'd, as to diligence in Reading, Prayer, Meditation, Faithfulness in Preaching, Admonition, Catechizing, Sacraments, Zeal against Error and Profaneness, Care to preserve and promote the Unity and Purity of the Church, notwithstanding Opposition and Persecution, tho' to Death. Lord thou hast filled my Hands with Work, fill my Heart with Wisdom and Grace, that I may discharge my Duty to ⟨p. 47⟩thy Glory, and my own Salvation, and the Salvation of those that hear me. Amen.

Let us now see how he applied himself to his Work at Worthenbury. The Sphere was narrow, too narrow for such a burning and shining Light: There were but Forty one Communicants in that Parish, when he first set up the Ordinance of the Lord's Sup; and they were never doubled: Yet he had such low Thoughts of himself, that he not only never sought for a larger Sphere, but would never hearken to any Overtures of that kind made to him: And withal, he had such high thoughts of his work, and of the worth of Souls, that he laid out himself with as much diligence and vigour here, as if he had had the over-fight of the greatest and most considerable Parish in the Country.