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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.
In the Year 1680. he preached over the Doctrines of Faith and Repentance, from several Texts of Scripture. He used to say, that he had been told concerning the famous Mr. Dod, that some called him in scorn, Faith and Repentance, because he insisted so much upon those two, in all his Preaching. But (saith he) if this be to be vile, I will be yet more vile, for Faith and Repentance are all in all in Christianity.
In the Year 1680. he preached over the Doctrines of Faith and Repentance, from several Texts of Scripture. He us'd to say, that he had been told concerning the famous Mr. Dod, that some call'd him in scorn, Faith and Repentance, because he insisted so much upon those two, in all his Preaching. But (saith he) if this be to be vile, I will be yet more vile, for Faith and Repentance are all in all in Christianity.
Concerning Repentance he hath sometimes said, If I were to dye in the Pulpit, I would desire to dye Preaching Repentance; as if I dye out of the Pulpit, I would desire to dye practising Repentance. And he had often this saying concerning Repentance; He that Repents every day, for the sins of every day, when he comes to dye, will have the sins but of one day to repent of. Even Reckonings make long Friends.
That Year also, and the Year 1681 he preached over the Duties of Hearing the Word and Prayer; of the former, from the Parable of the four sorts of Ground; of the latter, from Luke 11. 1, &c. when he preached over the Lord's Prayer, in above Thirty excellent and elaborate Discourses. He looked upon the Lord's Prayer, to be not only a Directory or Pattern for Prayer, but (according to the advice of the Assembly of Divines) proper to be used as a Form; and accordingly he often used it, both in Public and in his Family. And as he thought, 'twas an Error on the one hand, to lay so much stress upon it, as some do, who think no solemn Prayer accepted, nor any solemn Ordinance or Administration of Worship complete without it; and so repeat it five or six times, and perhaps oftener, at one Meeting; so he thought it an Error on the other hand not to use it at all; since it is a Prayer, a compendious comprehensive Prayer, and may be of use to us, at least