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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.
It was on Tuesday June 14. 1681. that he was disturbed at Weston in Shropshire, when he was Preaching on Psal. 66. 18. and on Tuesday June 14. 1687. that day Six Years he Preached there again without disturbance, finishing what he was then prevented from delivering, concerning Prayer, and going on to v. 19. 20. But verily God hath heard me,—Blessed be God.—Concerning the Duty of Thanksgiving. This Seventh Year of their Silence and Restraint, proved, through God's wonderful good Providence the Year of Release.
It was on Tuesday Iune 14. 1681. that he was disturb'd at Weston in Shropshire, when he was Preaching on Psal. 66. 18. and on Tuesday Iune 14. 1687. that day Six Years he Preached there again without disturbance, finishing what he was then prevented from delivering, concerning Prayer, and going on to v. 19. 20. But verily God hath heard me,—Blessed be God.—Concerning the Duty of Thanksgiving. This Seventh Year of their Silence and Restraint, prov'd, through God's wonderful good Providence the Year of Release.
In May, 1688. a new Commission of the Peace came down for the County of Flint, in which (by whose Interest or procurement was not known) Mr. Henry was nominated a Justice of Peace for that County. It was no small surprise to him, to receive a Letter from the Clerk of the Peace, Directed to Philip Henry, Esquire, acquainting him with it, and appointing him when and whither to come to be Sworn. To which he returned answer, that he was very sensible of his Unworthiness of the Honour, and his unfitness for the Office, which he was nominated to, and therefore desired to be excused, and he was so, and did what he ⟨p. 169⟩could, that it might not be spoken of in the Country. There were some, who upon this occasion unhappily remembered, that a few Years before, a Reverend Clergy-man in Shropshire told Mr. Henry to his Face, that he had done more mischief in the Country, than any man that ever came into it; and that he himself hoped shortly to be in the Commission of Peace, and then he would rid the Country of him. But alas, he as quite disappointed. Thus Honour is like the shadow, which flies from those that pursue it, and follows those that flee from it.