A26780:247
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.
Mr. Richard Hilton was immediately put into the Curacy of Worthenbury by Dr. Bridgman; Mr. Henry went to hear him, (if he were at home) as long as he continued at Worthenbury; and joined in all the parts of the public Worship, particularly attending upon the Sacrament of Baptism; not daring (saith he) to turn my back upon God's Ordinance, while the Essentials of it are retained, tho' corrupted circumstantially in the Administration of it, which God amend. ⟨p. 101⟩Once being allowed the liberty of his Gesture, he joined in the Lord's Supper. He kept up his Correspondence with Mr. Hilton; and (as he saith in his Diary) endeavoured to possess him with right Thoughts of his Work, and advised him the best he could in the Soul affairs of that People; which (saith he) he seemed to take well; I am sure I meant it so, and the Lord make him Faithful.
Mr. Richard Hilton was immediately put into the Curacy of Worthenbury by Dr. Bridgman; Mr. Henry went to hear him, (if he were at home) as long as he continued at Worthenbury; and join'd in all the parts of the publick Worship, particularly attending upon the Sacrament of Baptism; not daring (saith he) to turn my back upon God's Ordinance, while the Essentials of it are retained, tho' corrupted circumstantially in the Administration of it, which God amend. ⟨p. 101⟩Once being allow'd the liberty of his Gesture, he join'd in the Lord's Supper. He kept up his Correspondence with Mr. Hilton; and (as he saith in his Diary) endeavoured to possess him with right Thoughts of his Work, and advis'd him the best he could in the Soul affairs of that People; which (saith he) he seemed to take well; I am sure I meant it so, and the Lord make him Faithful.
Immediately after he was Removed and Silenced at Worthenbury, he was solicited to Preach at Bangor, and Dr. Bridgman was willing to permit it, occasionally; and intimated to his Curate there, that he should never hinder it; but Mr. Henry declined it: Tho' his Silence was his great Grief, yet such was his Tenderness, that he was not willing so far to discourage Mr. Hilton at Worthenbury, nor to draw so many of the People from him, as would certainly have followed him to Bangor: But (saith he) I cannot get my Heart into such a Spiritual Frame on Sabbath-days now, as formerly; which is both my Sin and my Affliction. Lord quicken me with quickening Grace.