An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the…

One Observation Mr. Henry made not long before he Dyed, when he had been young and now was old, that though many of the Ejected Ministers were brought ⟨p. 111⟩very low, had many Children, were greatly harassed by Persecution, and their Friends generally poor and unable to support them; yet in all his Acquaintance he never knew, nor could remember to have heard of any Nonconfor mist Minister in Prison for Debt.

One Observation Mr. Henry made not long before he Dyed, when he had been young and now was old, that though many of the Ejected Ministers were brought ⟨p. 111⟩very low, had many Children, were greatly harrassed by Persecution, and their Friends generally poor and unable to support them; yet in all his Acquaintance he never knew, nor could remember to have heard of any Nonconfor mist Minister in Prison for Debt.

In October 1663. Mr. Steel and Mr. Henry, and some other of their Friends, were taken up and brought Prisoners to Hanmer, under pretence of some Plot, said to be on foot against the Government: and there they were kept under confinement some days, on which he writes; it is sweet being in any Condition with a clear Conscience: The Sting of Death is Sin, and so of Imprisonment also, 'Tis the first Time (saith he) I was ever a Prisoner, but perhaps may not be the last. We felt no hardship, but we know not what we may. They were after some Days examined by the Deputy Lieutenants, charged with they knew not what, and so dismissed, finding verbal security to be forth-coming upon Twenty four hours notice, whenever they should be called for. Mr. Henry returned to his Tabernacle with Thanksgivings to God, and a hearty prayer for his Enemies, that God would forgive them. The very next day after they were released, a great Man in the Country, at whose Instigation they were brought into that trouble, died (as was said) of a drunken Surfeit. So that a Man shall say, verily there is a God that judgeth in the Earth.