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

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.

He often spake of this Imprisonment, not as matter of Complaint, but of Thanksgiving, and blessed God he was in nothing uneasie 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 Pray'd 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 chearful and easie in his Spirit, many a time a sleep and quiet when his Adversaries were disturb'd 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 fear'd more than any thing else.

It was a surprise to some that visited him in his Imprisonment, and were big with the Expectations of the Duke of Monmouth's Success, to hear him say, I would not have you to flatter your selves with such hopes, for God will not do his work for us in these Nations, by that Man; but our Deliverance and Salvation will arise some other way.