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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.
The Measures then taken by King James's Court and Counsel were soon laid open, not only to view but to contempt, being in a short time, by the over-ruling Providence of God broken and defeated: However the Indulgence granted to Dissenters in April, 1687. must needs be a reviving to those, who for so many Years had lain buried in Silence and Restraint; nor can any, who w•ll allow themselves the liberty of supposing the Case their own, wonder that they should rejoice in it, though the Design of it being manifest, they could not choose but rejoice with trembling. Mr. Henry's Sentiments of it were, Whatever Mens Ends are in it, I believe God's End is to do us good.
The Measures then taken by King Iames's Court and Counsel were soon laid open, not only to view but to contempt, being in a short time, by the over-ruling Providence of God broken and defeated: However the Indulgence granted to Dissenters in April, 1687. must needs be a reviving to those, who for so many Years had lain buried in Silence and Restraint; nor can any, who w•ll allow themselves the liberty of supposing the Case their own, wonder that they should rejoyce in it, though the Design of it being manifest, they could not chuse but rejoyce with trembling. Mr. Henry's Sentiments of it were, Whatever Mens Ends are in it, I believe God's End is to do us good.
There were many that said, surely the Dissenters will not embrace the Liberty which is intended only for a Snare to them. Mr. Henry read and considered the Letter of Advice to the Dissenters, at that juncture; but concluded, Duty is ours, and Events are Gods. He remembered the Experience he had had of the like in K. Charles's time, and that did good and no hurt; and why might not this do so too. All Power is for Edification, not for Destruction. Did Jeremiah sit still in the Court of the Prison, because he had his Discharge from the King of Babylon. Nay, did not Paul, when he was presented by his Country-men, for Preaching the Gospel, appeal to Caesar; and find more kindness at Rome, than he did at Jerusalem? In short, the Principle of his Conversation in the World being not fleshly Wisdom, or Policy, but the Grace of God, and particularly the Grace of Simplicity and Godly Sincerity,