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An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the…
An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the gospel near Whitechurch in Shropshire, who died June 24, 1696, in the sixty fifth year of his ageAn account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the gospel near Whitechurch in Shropshire, who dy'd June 24, 1696, in the sixty fifth year of his age
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
He was a hearty well-wisher to the return of the King, the Spring following, April, 1660. and was much affected with the Mercy of it. While others rejoice carnally, (saith he) Lord, help thy People to rejoice spiritually, in our public National Mercies. 'Twas upon that occasion that Mr. Baxter preached his Sermon of Right Rejoicing, on Luke 10. 20. But he and others soon saw cause to Rejoice with Trembling, and to sing both of Mercy and Judgment; for about that time he hath this Melancholy Remark; Religion loses Ground exceedingly, and Profaneness gets it: Help Lord! However he was very Industrious to quiet the minds of some who were uneasy at that great Revolution; and that Scripture yielded him much Satisfaction: Joh. 3. 35. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his Hands. If Christ be not only Head of the Church, but Heir over all things to the Church, we may be assured, that all things shall be made to work together for good to it. The Text also which the Lord put it into his Heart to preach upon, on the day of Public Thanksgiving for the King's Restoration, was very comfortable to him▪ Prov. 21. 1. The Kings Heart is in the hand of the Lord. His sense of that great Mercy of God to the Nation, in the unbloody, peaceable and legal Settlement of King Charles the 2d, upon the Throne, was the same with that of Multitudes, besides both Ministers and others that were of the quiet in the Land, who yet not long after suffered very hard things under ⟨p. 67⟩him. Soon after the Return of the King, he notes, how industrious some were to remove him from Worthenbury, on which he writes this as the Breathing of his Soul towards God; Lord, if it please thee, fasten me here as a Nail in a sure place; if otherwise, I will take nothing ill which thou dost with me: and when pressed by his Friends more earnestly than before to accept of some other place; Lord, (saith he) Mine Eye is up unto thee, I am wholly at thy disposal, make my way plain before my Face, because of mine Enemies; my Resolution is, to deny my self if thou callest me. Here (or any where, 'tis no great Matter where) I am. Many Years after the King's Return, he Dated a Letter May 29. [Greek or Hebrew].