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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 took all occasions while he lived, to express his thankfulness to God, for the great comfort he had in this Relation, A day of Mercy (so he writes on his Marriage day) never to be forgotten. God had given him one (as he writes afterwards) every way h• helper, in whom he had much comfort, and for whom be thanked God with all his Heart. He writes in his Diary, April 26. 1680. This day we have been Married Twenty Years, in which time we have received of the Lord more than Twenty Thousand Mercies; to God be Glory. Sometimes he writes; we have been so long Married, and never Reconciled; that is, there was never any occasion for it. His usual Prayer for his Friends in the Married State, was according to his own Practise in that State; That they might be mutually serviceable to each others Faith ⟨p. 74⟩and Holiness, and jointly serviceable to God's Honour and Glory.
He took all occasions while he liv'd, to express his thankfulness to God, for the great comfort he had in this Relation, A day of Mercy (so he writes on his Marriage day) never to be forgotten. God had given him one (as he writes afterwards) every way h• helper, in whom he had much comfort, and for whom be thanked God with all his Heart. He writes in his Diary, April 26. 1680. This day we have been Married Twenty Years, in which time we have received of the Lord more than Twenty Thousand Mercies; to God be Glory. Sometimes he writes; we have been so long Married, and never Reconciled; that is, there was never any occasion for it. His usual Prayer for his Friends in the Married State, was according to his own Practise in that State; That they might be mutually serviceable to each others Faith ⟨p. 74⟩and Holiness, and joyntly serviceable to God's Honour and Glory.
Her Father, though he put some Hardships upon him in the Terms, and had been somewhat a verse to the Match, yet by Mr. Henry's great Prudence, and God's good Providence, he was influenced to give a free consent to it; and he himself, with his own Hand, gave her in Marriage. From this, as from other Experiences, Mr. Henry had learned to say with Assurance; It is not in vain to wait upon God and to keep his way. Mr. Matthews settled part of his Estate before Marriage upon them and theirs; he lived about seven Years after; and when he dyed, the remainder of it came to them. This competent Estate which the Divine Providence brought into his Hand, was not only a Comfortable Support to him when he was turned out of his Living, and when many Faithful Ministers of Christ were reduced to great Poverty and Straits; but it enabled him likewise, as he had opportunity, to Preach the Gospel freely, which he did to his dying Day; and not only so, but to give for the Relief of others that were in want, in which he sowed plentifully, to a very large proportion of his Income; and often blessed God that he had wherewithal, remembering the words of the Lord, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.