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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.
Besides his Preaching professedly to discover the Errors and Corruptions of the Church of Rome, (which he would have taken occasion to do more fully, had he seen those he Preached to, in any immediate danger of the Infection) there could not be a more effectual Antidote against Popery, than the instructing and confirming of People in the Truth, as it is in Jesus; and advancing the Knowledge of, and a Value and Veneration for the Holy Scriptures; to which, how much Mr. Henry in his place did contribute, all that knew him well bear Record. He used to observe, that the Fall of Babylon followed, upon the free and open Preaching of the Everlasting Gospel, Rev. 14. 6, 7. He apprehended this Liberty likely to be of very short continuance, and to end in trouble; and because he could ⟨p. 167⟩not see how his not using of it would help to prevent the Trouble; but he did see, that his vigorous improvement of it, would help to prepare for the Trouble, he set himself with all diligence, to make the best use he could of this Gleam, both at home and abroad, on Sabbath-days, and Week-days, to his Power, yea, and beyond his Power.
Besides his Preaching professedly to discover the Errours and Corruptions of the Church of Rome, (which he would have taken occasion to do more fully, had he seen those he Preached to, in any immediate danger of the Infection) there could not be a more effectual Antidote against Popery, than the instructing and confirming of People in the Truth, as it is in Jesus; and advancing the Knowledge of, and a Value and Veneration for the Holy Scriptures; to which, how much Mr. Henry in his place did contribute, all that knew him well bear Record. He us'd to observe, that the Fall of Babylon followed, upon the free and open Preaching of the Everlasting Gospel, Rev. 14. 6, 7. He apprehended this Liberty likely to be of very short continuance, and to end in trouble; and because he could ⟨p. 167⟩not see how his not using of it would help to prevent the Trouble; but he did see, that his vigorous improvement of it, would help to prepare for the Trouble, he set himself with all diligence, to make the best use he could of this Gleam, both at home and abroad, on Sabbath-days, and Week-days, to his Power, yea, and beyond his Power.