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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.
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.
Immediately after he was Removed and Silenced at Worthenbury, he was sollicited 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 declin'd 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 quickning Grace.
When the King came in first, and showed so good a Temper, as many thought; some of his Friends were very earnest with him, to revive his Acquaintance and Interest at Court, which it was thought he might easily do. 'Twas reported in the Country, that the Duke of York had enquired after him; but he heeded not the Report: nor would he be persuaded to make any Addresses that way. For (saith he) my Friends do not know so well as I the Strength of Temptation, and my own inability to deal with it. Qui benè latuit benè vixit; Lord lead me not into Temptation.
When the King came in first, and shew'd so good a Temper, as many thought; some of his Friends were very earnest with him, to revive his Acquaintance and Interest at Court, which it was thought he might easily do. 'Twas reported in the Country, that the Duke of York had enquired after him; but he heeded not the Report: nor would he be perswaded to make any Addresses that way. For (saith he) my Friends do not know so well as I the Strength of Temptation, and my own inability to deal with it. Qui benè latuit benè vixit; Lord lead me not into Temptation.