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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 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.
It was a surprize 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.
It must not be forgotten how ready he was, nay, how-studious and industrious to serve and oblige such as had been any way instruments of trouble to him, as far as it lay in his Power, and he had any opportunity to do it; so well had he learned that great Lesson of Forgiving and Loving Enemies; of this it were easy to give Instances.
It must not be forgotten how ready he was, nay, how-studious and industrious to serve and oblige such as had been any way instruments of trouble to him, as far as it lay in his Power, and he had any opportunity to do it; so well had he learn'd that great Lesson of Forgiving and Loving Enemies; of this it were easie to give Instances.
When a Gentleman who had sometimes been an Instrument of Trouble to him, had occasion to make use of his help to give him some light into a Cause he had to be tried, Mr. Henry was very ready to serve him in it; and though he might have declined it, and it was somewhat against his own Interest too, yet he appeared a Witness for him, which so won upon the Gentleman, that he was afterwards more Friendly to him. Mentioning in his Diary the Death of another Gentleman in Shropshire; He Notes, that he was one that had been his professed Enemy; but (saith he) God knows I have often prayed for him.