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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
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It must not be forgotten, how punctual and exact he was in all his accounts with Tenants, Workmen, &c. being always careful to keep such things in black and white (as he used to say) which is the surest way to prevent Mistakes, and a Man's wronging either himself or his Neighbour; such was his Prudence, and such his Patience and Peaceableness, that of all the time he was at Broad-Oak, he never Sued any, nor ever was Sued, but was instrumental to prevent many a vexatious Law-Suit among his Neighbours. He used to say, There are four Rules to be duly observed in going to Law; (1. We must not go to Law for Trifles, as he did who said, he would rather spend a Hundred Pound in Law then lose a Pennyworth of his Right. Matt. 5. 39, 40, 41. (2) We must not be rash and hasty in it, but try all other means possible to compose differences wherein he that yields most, as Abraham did to Lot, is the better Man, and there is nothing lost by it in the end, 1 Cor. 6. 1 2. (3) We must see that it be without Malice or desire of Revenge. If the undoing of our Brother be the end of our going to Law, as it is with many, 'tis certainly evil, and it speeds accordingly. (4) It must be with a disposition to Peace, whenever it may be had, and an Ear open to all Overtures of that kind. The two Motto's proper for the great Guns are applicable to this, Ratio ultima Regum, and Sic quaerimus Pacem.
It must not be forgotten, how punctual and exact he was in all his accounts with Tenants, Workmen, &c. being always careful to keep such things in black and white (as he us'd to say) which is the surest way to prevent Mistakes, and a Man's wronging either himself or his Neighbour; such was his Prudence, and such his Patience and Peaceableness, that of all the time he was at Broad-Oak, he never Sued any, nor ever was Sued, but was instrumental to prevent many a vexatious Law-Suit among his Neighbours. He used to say, There are four Rules to be duly observed in going to Law; (1. We must not go to Law for Trifles, as he did who said, he would rather spend a Hundred Pound in Law then lose a Penniworth of his Right. Matt. 5. 39, 40, 41. (2) We must not be rash and hasty in it, but try all other means possible to compose differences wherein he that yields most, as Abraham did to Lot, is the better Man, and there is nothing lost by it in the end,