A26780:245
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.
The issue of this affair was, that there having been some Disputes between Mr. P. and Dr. Bridgman, about the Tithe of Worthenbury, wherein Mr. P. had clearly the better Claim to make, yet by the Mediation of Sir Tho. Hanmer they came to this Agreement, Septemb. 11. 1661. that Dr. Bridgman and his Successors, Parsons of Bangor, should have and receive all the Tithe Corn and Hay of Worthenbury, without the Disturbance of the said Mr. P. or his Heirs (except the Tithe-Hay of Emeral Demesne) upon Condition that Dr. Bridgman should before the first of November following, avoid and discharge the present Minister or Curate Philip Henry, from the Chapel of Worthenbury, and not hereafter at any time re-admit the said Minister Philip Henry, to Officiate the said Cure. This is the Substance of the Articles agreed upon between them, pursuant to which Dr. Bridgman soon after dismissed Mr. Henry; and by a Writing under his Hand, which was published in the Church of Worthenbury, by one of Mr. Puleston's Servants October the 27th following, ⟨p. 100⟩Notice was given to the Parish of that Dismission. That Day he Preached his Farewell Sermon on Phil. 1. 27. Only let your Conversation be as becomes the Gospel of Christ. In which (as he saith in his Diary) his desire and design was rather to profit then to affect; it matters not what becomes of me (whether I come unto you, or else be absent) but let your Conversation be as becomes the Gospel. His parting Prayer for them was, The Lord, the God of the Spirits of all Flesh, set a Man over the Congregation. Thus he ceased to Preach to his People there, but he ceased not to love them, and pray for them; and could not but think there remained some dormant Relation betwixt him and them.
The issue of this affair was, that there having been some Disputes between Mr. P. and Dr. Bridgman, about the Tithe of Worthenbury, wherein Mr. P. had clearly the better Claim to make, yet by the Mediation of Sir Tho. Hanmer they came to this Agreement, Septemb. 11. 1661. that Dr. Bridgman and his Successors, Parsons of Bangor, should have and receive all the Tithe Corn and Hay of Worthenbury, without the Disturbance of the said Mr. P. or his Heirs (except the Tith-Hay of Emeral Demesn) upon Condition that Dr. Bridgman should before the first of November following, avoid and discharge the present Minister or Curate Philip Henry, from the Chappel of Worthenbury, and not hereafter at any time re-admit the said Minister Philip Henry, to Officiate the said Cure. This is the Substance of the Articles agreed upon between them, pursuant to which Dr. Bridgman soon after dismiss'd Mr. Henry; and by a Writing under his Hand, which was published in the Church of Worthenbury, by one of Mr. Puleston's Servants October the 27th following,