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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.
Quicquid amas oupias non placuisse nimis.
Many Years after he said, he thought he did apply to himself at that Time but too sensibly that Scripture, Lam. 3. 1. I am the Man that hath seen affliction. And he would say to his Friends upon such occasions, Losers think they may have leave to speak. but they must have a care what they say, lest speaking amiss to God's dishonour, they make work for Repentance and shed ⟨p. 117⟩tears that must be wiped over again. He observed concerning this child, that he had always been very patient under rebukes, The remembrance of which (saith he) teacheth me now how to carry it under the rebuke's of my heavenly Father. His Prayer under this Providence was, show me, Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me; have I over-boasted, overloved, over-prized? A Lord's Day intervening between the Death, and burial of the Child, I attended (saith he) on public Ordinances though sad in Spirit, as Job who after all the evil Tidings that were brought him, whereof, Death of Children was the last and heaviest, yet fell down and worshipped. And he would often say upon such occasions, that weeping must not hinder sowing. Upon the Interment of the Child, he writes, My dear Child, now mine no longer, was laid in the cold Earth, not lost, but sown to be raised again a glorious Body, and I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. A few days after his dear Friend Mr. Lawrence (then living in Whitchurch Parish) Buried a Daughter, that was grown up and very hopeful, and giving good Evidence of a work of Grace wrought upon her Soul; how willing (saith he) may Parents be to part with such when the Lord calls; they are not amissi but praemissi. And he hath this further Remark, The Lord hath made his poor Servants, that have been often Companions in his Work, now companions in Tribulation, the very same Tribulation; me for my Sin, him for his Trial.
Many Years after he said, he thought he did apply to himself at that Time but too sensibly that Scripture,