A26780:384
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.
He Baptized many adult Persons, that through the Error of their Parents, were not Baptized in Infancy, and some in Public.
He Baptized many adult Persons, that through the Errour of their Parents, were not Baptized in Infancy, and some in Publick.
The Solemn Ordinance of the Lord's Supper he constantly Celebrated in his Congregation once a Month, and always to a very considerable number of Communicants. He did not usually observe public days of Preparation for that Ordinance, other than as they fell in course in the weekly Lectures; nor did he ever appropriate any particular Subject of his Preaching to Sacrament-days, having a great felicity in adapting any profitable Subject to such an occasion: and he would say, What did the Primitive Christians do, when they Celebrated the Lord's Supper every Lord's day? His Administration of this Ordinance was very solemn and affecting. He had been wont to go about in the Congregation, and to deliver the Elements with his ⟨p. 179⟩own hand; but in his latter time, he delivered them only to those near him, and so they were handed from one to another, with the assistance of one who supplied the Office of a Deacon, as having also the Custody and disposal of the Money gathered for the use of the Poor; Mr. Henry taking, and carefully keeping a particular account of it.
The Solemn Ordinance of the Lord's Supper he constantly Celebrated in his Congregation once a Month, and always to a very considerable number of Communicants. He did not usually observe publick days of Preparation for that Ordinance, other than as they fell in course in the weekly Lectures; nor did he ever appropriate any particular Subject of his Preaching to Sacrament-days, having a great felicity in adapting any profitable Subject to such an occasion: and he would say, What did the Primitive Christians do, when they Celebrated the Lord's Supper every Lord's day? His Administration of this Ordinance was very solemn and affecting. He had been wont to go about in the Congregation, and to deliver the Elements with his