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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
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He much rejoiced in the Visits of his Children, and made that as other things, which were the matter of his Rejoicing, the matter of his Thanksgiving. His usual saying at parting, was, This is not the World we are to be together in, and 'tis well it is not, but there is such a World before us: And his usual Prayer was, That our next Meeting might be either in Heaven, or further on in our way towards it.
He much rejoyced in the Visits of his Children, and made that as other things, which were the matter of his Rejoycing, the matter of his Thanksgiving. His usual saying at parting, was, This is not the World we are to be together in, and 'tis well it is not, but there is such a World before us: And his usual Prayer was, That our next Meeting might be either in Heaven, or further on in our way towards it.
He had in eight Years time, twenty four Grand-children Born, some by each of his Children, concerning whom he would often bless God, that they were all the Sealed ones of the God of Heaven, and Enrolled among his Lambs. On the Birth of his Second Grand-Child, at a troublesome time as to public Affairs, he thus writes, I have now seen my Children's Children, ⟨p. 191⟩let me also see Peace upon Israel; and then I will say, Lord, now lettest thou thy Servant depart. Some were much affected with it, when he Baptized two of his Grand-children together at Chester, publicly, and Preached on Gen. 33. 5. They are the Children which God hath graciously given thy Servant. He observed in what a savoury, pious, gracious manner Jacob speaks. He had spoken good Sense if he had only said, They are my Children, but then he had not spoken like Jacob, like one that had so lately seen the Face of God. Though our Speech be not always of Grace, yet it must be always with Grace, Grace poured into the Lips. There is a kind of Language, the air of which speaks it the Language of Canaan; Christians should speak like Christians.
He had in eight Years time, twenty four Grand-children Born, some by each of his Children, concerning whom he would often bless God, that they were all the Sealed ones of the God of Heaven, and Enroll'd among his Lambs. On the Birth of his Second Grand-Child, at a troublesome time as to publick Affairs, he thus writes, I have now seen my Childrens Children,