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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.
In this Extremity he was still looking up to God, and calling upon him, who is a present. Help in the needful Hour. When the Exquisiteness of his Pain forced Groans and Complaints from him, he would presently Correct himself with a patient and quiet submission to the Hand of his Heavenly Father, and a cheerful ⟨p. 201⟩acquiescence in his Heavenly Will. I am ashamed (saith he) of these Groans, I want Virtue, O for Virtue now when I have need of it (referring to his Subject the Lord's day before) For give me that I groan thus, and I will endeavour to silence them; But indeed my stroke is heavier than my groaning. It is true what Mr. Baxter said in his Pain, there's no disputing against sense. It was his trouble, as it was Mr. Baxter's, that by reason of his bodily pain, he could not express his inward comfort; however that was it, with which God graciously strengthened him in his Soul. He said to those about him, they must remember. what Instructions and Counsels he had given them when he was in Health, for now he could say but little to them, only to refer them to what he had said, as that which he would live and dye by.
In this Extremity he was still looking up to God, and calling upon him, who is a present. Help in the needful Hour. When the Exquisiteness of his Pain forced Groans and Complaints from him, he would presently Correct himself with a patient and quiet submission to the Hand of his Heavenly Father, and a cheerful ⟨p. 201⟩acquiescence in his Heavenly Will. I am ashamed (saith he) of these Groans, I want Virtue, O for Virtue now when I have need of it (referring to his Subject the Lord's day before) For give me that I groan thus, and I will endeavour to silence them; But indeed my stroak is heavier than my groaning. It is true what Mr. Baxter said in his Pain, there's no disputing against sense. It was his trouble, as it was Mr. Baxter's, that by reason of his bodily pain, he could not express his inward comfort; however that was it, with which God graciously strengthned him in his Soul. He said to those about him, they must remember. what Instructions and Counsels he had given them when he was in Health, for now he could say but little to them, only to refer them to what he had said, as that which he would live and dye by.