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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 Sabbath but one before he died, being in the course of his Exposition, come to that difficult part of Scripture, the 40th of Ezekiel, and the following Chapters; he said he would endeavour to explain those Prophecies to them; and added, If I do not do it now, I never shall: And he observed, that the only Prophetical Sermon which our Lord Jesus Preached, was but a few days before he died. This many of his Hearers not only Reflected upon afterwards, but took Notice of at that time with a Concern, as having something in it more than ordinary.
The Sabbath but one before he dy'd, being in the course of his Exposition, come to that difficult part of Scripture, the 40th of Ezekiel, and the following Chapters; he said he would endeavour to explain those Prophecies to them; and added, If I do not do it now, I never shall: And he observed, that the only Prophetical Sermon which our Lord Jesus Preached, was but a few days before he dy'd. This many of his Hearers not only Reflected upon afterwards, but took Notice of at that time with a Concern, as having something in it more than ordinary.
On the Lord's Day, June 21. 1696. he went through the work of the Day with his usual vigour and liveliness. He was then Preaching over the first Chapter of St. Peter's second Epistle, and was that day on those words, add to your Faith Virtue, v. 5. he took Virtue for Christian Courage and Resolution in the Exercise of Faith; and the last thing he mentioned, in which Christians have need of Courage, is in Dying; for (as he was often used to say) It is a serious thing to dye, and to dye is a work by itself. That day he gave Notice, both Morning and Afternoon, with much Affection and Enlargement, of the Public Fast, which was appointed by Authority the Friday following, June 26. pressing his Hearers as he used to do upon such occasions, to come ⟨p. 200⟩in a prepared Frame, to the solemn Services of that day.
On the Lord's Day, Iune 21. 1696. he went through the work of the Day with his usual vigor and liveliness. He was then Preaching over the first Chapter of St. Peter's second Epistle, and was that day on those words, add to your Faith Virtue, v. 5. he took Virtue for Christian Courage and Resolution in the Exercise of Faith; and the last thing he mentioned, in which Christians have need of Courage, is in Dying; for (as he was often us'd to say) It is a serious thing to dye, and to dye is a work by itself. That day he gave Notice, both Morning and Afternoon, with much Affection and Enlargement, of the Publick Fast, which was appointed by Authority the Friday following, Iune 26. pressing his Hearers as he us'd to do upon such occasions, to come