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

These Agreements of theirs were the more likely to be for good, for that here (as in Worcestershire) when they were in agitation, the Ministers set apart a Day ⟨p. 62⟩of Fasting and Prayer among themselves to bewail Ministerial neglects, and to seek to God for Direction and Success in their Ministerial. Work. They met sometimes for this purpose at Mr. Henry's House at Worthenbury.

One Passage may not improperly, be inserted here, that once at a Meeting of the Ministers, being desired to subscribe a Certificate concerning one whom he had not sufficient acquaintance with; he refused, giving this Reason, That he preferred the peace of his Conscience before the Friendship of all the Men in the World.

One Passage may not improperly, be inserted here, that once at a Meeting of the Ministers, being desired to subscribe a Certificate concerning one whom he had not sufficient acquaintance with; he refus'd, giving this Reason, That he preferred the peace of his Conscience before the Friendship of all the Men in the World.

Sept. 29. 1658. the Lady Puleston dyed. She was (saith he) the best Friend I had on Earth, but my Friend in Heaven is still where he was, and he will never leave me nor forsake me. He preached her Funeral Sermon from Isa. 3. last, Cease from Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils. He hath noted this Expression of hers not long before she died: My Soul leans to Jesus Christ, lean to me sweet Saviour. About this time he writes, A dark Cloud is over my Concernments in this Family, but my desire is, that whatever becomes of me and my Interest, the Interest of Christ may still be kept on foot in this place. Amen, so be it. But he adds soon after that saying of Athanasius, which he was used often to quote and take comfort from; Nubecula est & citò pertransibit. It is a little Cloud, and will soon blow over.