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

In March, 165•. he was very much solicited to leave Worthenbury, and to accept of the Vicarage of Wrexham, which was a place that he had both a great Interest in, and a great kindness for, but he could not see his Call clear from Worthenbury, so he declined it. The same Year he had an offer made him of a considerable Living near London, but he was not of them that are given to Change, nor did he Consult with Flesh and Blood, nor seek great things to himself.

In March, 165•. he was very much sollicited to leave Worthenbury, and to accept of the Vicaridge of Wrexham, which was a place that he had both a great Interest in, and a great kindness for, but he could not see his Call clear from Worthenbury, so he declin'd it. The same Year he had an offer made him of a considerable Living near London, but he was not of them that are given to Change, nor did he Consult with Flesh and Blood, nor seek great things to himself.

That Year he had some disturbance from the Quakers, who were set on by some others, who wished ⟨p. 64⟩ill to his Ministry; they Challenged him to dispute with them; and that which he was to prove against them, was, that the God he Worshipped was not an Idol; that John Badly (a Blacksmith in Malpas, and the Ring-leader of the Quakers in that Country) was not Infallible nor without Sin; That Baptism with Water, and the Lord's Supper are Gospel Ordinances; that the Scriptures are the word of God, and that Jesus Christ will come to judge the World at the last Day: But he never had any public Disputes with them, nor so much disturbance from them in public Worship, as some other Ministers had elsewhere about that time. He had some apprehensions at that time, that God would make the Quakers a Scourge to this Nation; but had Comfort in this Assurance, that God would in due time vindicate his own Honour, and the Honour of his Ordinances, and those of them who will not Repent to give him Glory, will be cast into the Fire.