An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the…

He was very happy in the choice of his Subjects for his Week-day Lectures. At one which was stated, he Preached against Errors in general, from Jam. 1. 16. Do not err my beloved Brethren, particularly from divers other Scriptures he showed, that we must not Err; concerning God and Christ, and the Spirit, concerning Sin and Repentance, Faith and Good Works; concerning God's Ordinances, concerning Grace and Peace, and Afflictions and Prosperity, and the things of the Life to come. At the Monthly Lectures at his own House, he chose to Preach upon the Four last things Death and Judgment, Heaven and Hell, in many particulars, but commonly a new Text for every Sermon. When he had in many Sermons finished the first of the Four; one that used to hear him sometimes, enquiring of his progress in his Subjects, asked him if he had done with Death? meaning that Subject concerning Death; ⟨p. 184⟩to which he pleasantly replied, No, I have not done with him yet; I must have another turn with him, and he will give me a Fall; but I hope to have the Victory at last. He would sometimes remove the Lectures in the Country from one place to another, for the benefit of those that could not Travel. Once having adjourned a Lecture to a new place, he began it there with a Sermon on Acts 17. 6. These men that have turned the World upside down, are come hither also; in which he showed how false the Charge is as they meant it; for Religion doth not disturb the Peace of Families or Societies, doth not cause any disorder or unquietness, &c. And yet that in another sense there is a great Truth in it; That when the Gospel comes in Power to any Soul, it turns the World upside down in that Soul, such is the Change it makes there.

He was very happy in the choice of his Subjects for his Week-day Lectures. At one which was stated, he Preached against Errors in general, from Iam. 1. 16. Do not err my beloved Brethren, particularly from divers other Scriptures he shewed, that we must not Err; concerning God and Christ, and the Spirit, concerning Sin and Repentance, Faith and Good Works; concerning God's Ordinances, concerning Grace and Peace, and Afflictions and Prosperity, and the things of the Life to come. At the Monthly Lectures at his own House, he chose to Preach upon the Four last things Death and Iudgment, Heaven and Hell, in many particulars, but commonly a new Text for every Sermon. When he had in many Sermons finished the first of the Four; one that us'd to hear him sometimes, enquiring of his progress in his Subjects, asked him if he had done with Death? meaning that Subject concerning Death;