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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.
The Infirmities of Age, when they grew upon him, did very little abate his vigour and liveliness in Preaching, but he seemed even to renew his Youth as the Eagles; as those that are Planted in the House of the Lord, who still bring forth Fruit in old Age; not so much to show that they are upright, as to show that the Lord is upright, Psal. 92. 14, 15. But in his latter Years, Travelling was very troublesome to him; and he would say, as Mr. Dod used to do, that when he thought to shake himself as at other times, he found his hair was cut; his Sense of this led him to Preach an occasional Sermon not long before he dyed, on John 21. 18. When thou wast young thou girdedst thy self, &c. Another occasional Sermon he Preached when he was old, for his own Comfort, and the Comfort of his aged Friends, on Psal. 71. 17, 18. O God thou hast taught me from my Youth, &c. he observed there, That it is a blessed thing to be taught of God from our Youth; and those that have been taught of God from their Youth, ought to declare his wondrous Works all their days after. And those that have been taught of God from their Youth, and have all their days declared his wondrous Works, may comfortably expect, that when they are old he will not forsake them. Christ is a Master that doth not use to cast off his old Servants.
The Infirmities of Age, when they grew upon him, did very little abate his vigour and liveliness in Preaching, but he seemed even to renew his Youth as the Eagles; as those that are Planted in the House of the Lord, who still bring forth Fruit in old Age; not so much to shew that they are upright, as to shew that the Lord is upright, Psal. 92. 14, 15. But in his latter Years, Travelling was very troublesome to him; and he would say, as Mr. Dod us'd to do, that when he thought to shake himself as at other times, he found his hair was cut; his Sense of this led him to Preach an occasional Sermon not long before he dyed, on Iohn 21. 18. When thou wast young thou girdedst thy self, &c. Another occasional Sermon he Preached when he was old, for his own Comfort, and the Comfort of his aged Friends, on