A26780:431
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 day following being Saturday, June 27. the Earthen Vessel, in which this Treasure had been lodged was laid up in the Grave, in Whitchurch Church, attended thither with a very great Company of true Mourners, all the Country round; many from Chester and Shrewsbury, and the Towns about, came to do him Honour at his Death: And besides the Floods of Tears that were shed, there were abundance of Testimonies given to him, by Persons of all sorts, like that Jehojadah, 2 Chron 24. 16. That he was one that had done good in Israel. And there were those who said, He was a Man that no Body did or could speak evil of, except for his Nonconformity. He was used to say to his Relations, when I am dead make little a do about me, a few will serve to bring me to my Grave; but his mind could not be observed in that; 'twas impossible such a burning and shining light could be extinguished, but there must be a Universal Notice taken of it. Multitudes came unsought unto, not to fill their Eyes (as Mr. Vines expresseth it) but to empty them; nor was ⟨p. 205⟩there any other noise there, but that of general Lamentation.
The day following being Saturday, Iune 27. the Earthen Vessel, in which this Treasure had been lodg'd was laid up in the Grave, in Whitchurch Church, attended thither with a very great Company of true Mourners, all the Country round; many from Chefler and Shrewsbury, and the Towns about, came to do him Honour at his Death: And besides the Floods of Tears that were shed, there were abundance of Testimonies given to him, by Persons of all sorts, like that Iehojadah, 2 Chron 24. 16. That he was one that had done good in Israel. And there were those who said, He was a Man that no Body did or could speak evil of, except for his Nonconformity. He was us'd to say to his Relations, when I am dead make little a do about me, a few will serve to bring me to my Grave; but his mind could not be observed in that; 'twas impossible such a burning and shining light could be extinguished, but there must be a Universal Notice taken of it. Multitudes came unsought unto, not to fill their Eyes (as Mr. Vines expresseth it) but to empty them; nor was ⟨p. 205⟩there any other noise there, but that of general Lamentation.