A26780:185
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.
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, ⟨p. 73⟩and above that of a Petty-Constable. This was his only Child: very fair and honourable Overtures had been made for her disposal; but it pleased God so to order Events, and to over-rule the Spirits of those concerned, that she was reserved to be a Blessing to this good Man, in things pertaining both to Life and Godliness.
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 Iames the First us'd to say was the happiest Lot of all others, which set a Man below the Office of a Justice of Peace, ⟨p. 73⟩and above that of a Petty-Constable. This was his only Child: very fair and honourable Overtures had been made for her disposal; but it pleased God so to order Events, and to over-rule the Spirits of those concern'd, that she was reserv'd to be a Blessing to this good Man, in things pertaining both to Life and Godliness.