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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.
Some time after, Commissioners were sent abroad into the Country, to enquire after the Trouble that Dissenters had sustained by the Penal Laws; and how the Money that was Levied upon them, was disposed of, little of it being found paid in the Exchequer; they sent to Mr. Henry to have an account from him of his ⟨p. 168⟩Sufferings; he returned Answer by Letter, that he had indeed been Fined some Years before, for a Conventicle, and Distrained upon, and his Goods carried away, which all the Country knew, to which he referred himself. But being required particularly to give account of it upon Oath; though, he said, he could be glad to see such Instruments of Trouble legally removed; yet he declined giving any further Information concerning it; having (as he wrote to the Commissioners) long since, from his Heart, forgiven all the Agents, Instruments and Occasions of it; and having purposed never to say any thing more of it.
Some time after, Commissioners were sent abroad into the Country, to enquire after the Trouble that Dissenters had sustain'd by the Penal Laws; and how the Money that was Levy'd upon them, was disposed of, little of it being found paid in the Exchequer; they sent to Mr. Henry to have an account from him of his ⟨p. 168⟩Sufferings; he returned Answer by Letter, that he had indeed been Fined some Years before, for a Conventicle, and Distreyn'd upon, and his Goods carried away, which all the Country knew, to which he referred himself. But being requir'd particularly to give account of it upon Oath; though, he said, he could be glad to see such Instruments of Trouble legally removed; yet he declin'd giving any further Information concerning it; having (as he wrote to the Commissioners) long since, from his Heart, forgiven all the Agents, Instruments and Occasions of it; and having purposed never to say any thing more of it.