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

At the time of the Duke of Monmouth's Descent, and the Insurrection in the West, in the Year 1685. Mr. Henry, as many others, (pursuant to a general Order of the Lord Lieutenant, for securing all suspected Persons, and particularly all Nonconformist Ministers) was taken up by a Warrant from the Deputy Lieutenants, and sent under a Guard to Chester Castle, where he was about three Weeks a close Prisoner: He was lodged with some Gentlemen and Ministers that were fetched thither out of Lancashire; who were all Strangers to him; but he had great comfort in the Acquaintance and Society of many of them.

At the time of the Duke of Monmouths Descent, and the Insurrection in the West, in the Year 1685. Mr. Henry, as many others, (pursuant to a general Order of the Lord Lieutenant, for securing all suspected Persons, and particularly all Nonconformist Ministers) was taken up by a Warrant from the Deputy Lieutenants, and sent under a Guard to Chester Castle, where he was about three Weeks a close Prisoner: He was lodg'd with some Gentlemen and Ministers that were fetched thither out of Lancashire; who were all Strangers to him; but he had great comfort in the Acquaintance and Society of many of them.

He often spake of this Imprisonment, not as matter of Complaint, but of Thanksgiving, and blessed God he was in nothing uneasy all the while. In a Sermon to his Family, the day after he came home, he largely and affectionately recounted the Mercies of that Providence: As for Instance, That his Imprisonment was for no Cause: 'tis Guilt that makes a Prison. That it was his Security in a dangerous time. That he had good Company in his Sufferings, who Prayed together, and read the Scriptures together, and Discoursed to their mutual Edification. That he had Health there, not Sick, and in Prison. That he was visited and Prayed for, by his Friends. That he was very cheerful and easy in his Spirit, many a time a sleep and quiet when his Adversaries were disturbed and unquiet. That his Enlargement was speedy and unsought for, and that it gave occasion to the Magistrates who committed him, to give it under their Hands, that they had nothing in particular to lay to his Charge; and especially that it was without a Snare, which was the thing he feared more than any thing else.