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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.
Many very pious worthy Families in the Country would say of Mr. Henry, that they had no Friend like minded, who did naturally care for their State, and so affectionately sympathize with them, and in whom their Hearts could safely trust. He was very Charitable to the Poor, and was full of Almsdeeds, which he did (as is said of Tabitha, Acts 9. 36) not which he said he would do, or which he put others on to do, but which he did himself, dispersing abroad and giving to the Poor, seeking and rejoicing in Opportunities of that kind: And whenever he gave an Alms for the Body, he usually gave with it a Spiritual Alms, some good word of Counsel, Reproof, Instruction or Comfort, as there was occasion, and in accommodating these to the Persons he spoke to, he had a very great Dexterity.
Many very pious worthy Families in the Country would say of Mr. Henry, that they had no Friend like minded, who did naturally care for their State, and so affectionately sympathize with them, and in whom their Hearts could safely trust. He was very Charitable to the Poor, and was full of Almsdeeds, which he did (as is said of Tabitha, Acts 9. 36) not which he said he would do, or which he put others on to do, but which he did himself, dispersing abroad and giving to the Poor, seeking and rejoycing in Opportunities of that kind: And whenever he gave an Alms for the Body, he usually gave with it a Spiritual Alms, some good word of Counsel, Reproof, Instruction or Comfort, as there was occasion, and in accommodating these to the Persons he spoke to, he had a very great Dexterity.
He was very forward to lend Money freely, to any of his poor Neighbours that had occasion, and would sometimes say, that in many Cases there was more Charity in lending than in giving, because it obliged the Borrower both to Honestly and Industry. When one of his Neighbours, to whom he had lent three Pound, failed, so that he was never likely to see a Farthing of it, he writes thus upon it; notwithstanding this, yet still I judge it my Duty to lend, [Greek or Hebrew], nothing despairing, so Dr. Hammond reads it,