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

and made Information upon it, against the Writer and Receiver of the Letter, who were bound over to the Assizes, and great Suspicions Sir George Jeffreys had, that it was a Branch of the Presbyterian Plot, and rallied the Parties accused severely. It appeared, either by the Letter, or by the Confession of the Parties, that they received the Project from Mr. Henry, which (it was greatly feared) would bring him into trouble; but Sir George, to the admiration of many, let it fall, and never enquired further into it. It seems there are some Men, whose ways so please the Lord, that he makes even their Enemies to be at peace with them; and there is nothing lost by trusting in God.

and made Information upon it, against the Writer and Receiver of the Letter, who were bound over to the Assizes, and great Suspicions Sir George Ieffries had, that it was a Branch of the Presbyterian Plot, and rally'd the Parties accus'd severely. It appear'd, either by the Letter, or by the Confession of the Parties, that they received the Project from Mr. Henry, which (it was greatly fear'd) would bring him into trouble; but Sir George, to the admiration of many, let it fall, and never enquir'd further into it. It seems there are some Men, whose ways so please the Lord, that he makes even their Enemies to be at peace with them; and there is nothing lost by trusting in God.

Mr. Henry, at the next Assizes after he was Distrained upon, was presented by one of the High Constables; 1. For keeping a Conventicle at his House; and 2. for saying, That the Law for suppressing Conventicles ought not to be obeyed, and that there was never a tittle of the Word of God in it. As to this latter Presentment, 'twas altogether false. He had indeed, in Discourse with the High Constable, when he insisted so much upon the Law, which required him to be so rigorous in the Prosecution; objected, That all Humane Laws were not to be obeyed, merely because they were Laws. But as to any such Reflections upon the Law he suffered by, he was far from it, and had Prudence enough to keep Silence at that time; for it was an Evil time, when so many were made Offenders for a word. But these Presentments met with so little Countenance from Judge Jeffreys, that Mr. Henry only entered his Appearance in the Prothonotaries Office, and they were no more heard of; wherein he acknowledged the hand of God, who turneth the Hearts of the Children of Men, as the rivulet of water.