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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 did not burden his Children's Memories by imposing upon them the getting of Chapters and Psalms without Book; but endeavoured to make the whole word of God familiar to them, especially the Scripture Stories, and to bring them to understand it and love it, and then they would easily remember it. He used to observe from Psal. 119. 93. I will never forget thy Precepts, for with them thou hast quickened me; that we are then likely to remember the word of God when it doth us good.
He did not burthen his Childrens Memories by imposing upon them the getting of Chapters and Psalms without Book; but endeavoured to make the whole word of God familiar to them, especially the Scripture Stories, and to bring them to understand it and love it, and then they would easily remember it. He us'd to observe from Psal. 119. 93. I will never forget thy Precepts, for with them thou hast quickned me; that we are then likely to remember the word of God when it doth us good.
He taught all his Children to write himself, and set them betimes to write Sermons, and other things that might be of use to them: He taught his eldest Daughter the Hebrew Tongue when she was about six or seven Years old, by an English Hebrew Grammar, which he made on purpose for her; and she went so far in it, as to be able readily to Read and Construe a Hebrew Psalm.
He drew up a short Form of the Baptismal Covenant, for the use of his Children; it was this: I take God the Father to be my chiefest Good, and highest End. I take God the Son to be my Prince and Saviour. I take God the Holy Ghost to be my Sanctifier, Teacher, Guide and Comforter. ⟨p. 90⟩