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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.
His removed from Emeral, to the House in Worthenbury, which the Judge had built for him, in February, 1658/9, and then had one of his Sisters with him to keep his House. No sooner had he a Tent, but God had an Altar, in it, and that a smoking Altar. There he set up Repetition on Sabbath-Evenings, and welcomed his Neighbours to it.
His removed from Emeral, to the House in Worthenbury, which the Judge had built for him, in February, 1658/9, and then had one of his Sisters with him to keep his House. No sooner had he a Tent, but God had an Altar, in it, and that a smoaking Altar. There he set up Repetition on Sabbath-Evenings, and welcom'd his Neighbours to it.
His Christian Friends often, and sometimes his Brethren in the Ministry, kept Days of, Fasting and Prayer at his House. He used to tell People when they had built new Houses, they must dedicate them (referring to Deut. 20. 5. and Psal. 30. ult.) that is, they must invite God to their Houses, and devote them to his Service.
His Christian Friends often, and sometimes his Brethren in the Ministry, kept Days of, Fasting and Prayer at his House. He us'd to tell People when they had built new Houses, they must dedicate them (referring to Deut. 20. 5. and Psal. 30. ult.) that is, they must invite God to their Houses, and devote them to his Service.
Providence having thus brought him into a House of his own, soon after provided him a Help-meet for him. After long Agitation, and some Discouragement and Opposition from the Father, Apr. 26. 1660. he Married Katherine, the only Daughter and Heiress of Mr. Daniel Matthews, of Broad-Oak in the Township of Iscoyd, in Flint-shire, (but in the Parish of Malp, which is in Cheshire, and about two Miles distant from Whitchurch, a considerable Market Town in Shropshire). Mr. Matthews was a Gentleman of a very competent Estate; such a one as King James the First used to say was the happiest Lot of all others, which set a Man below the Office of a Justice of Peace,