The Wednesday following, July 1. being the Lecture in course at Danford in Whitchurch Parish, Mr. Samuel Lawrence of Nantwich, whose turn it was to Preach that Lecture brought up the-long train of Mourners, (as he expressed it) in a most savoury and pertinent Discourse on Heb. 13. 7. Remember them which have (or have had) the Rule over you, who have spoken unto you the words of God, whose Faith follow, considering the end of their Conversation. Bishops no doubt (saith he) are here meant, Scripture Primitive Bishops, the Pastors of particular Congregations, for they were such as had spoken to them the word of God, and watched for their Souls, v. 17. Such a one Mr. Henry was, that great Man, who is fallen this day in Israel, removed from us, but hath left behind him a good Name to be remembered, a good Example to be imitated; many a good word spoken to us, and many a good Prayer put up for us. Remember him with thankfulness, that God has given such Power, such Gifts and Graces unto Men. I never knew a Man (said he) in all my Acquaintance, in whom I have seen so much of God as in good Mr. Henry, whose Holy, Humble, Heavenly, Gracious Conversation hath been to me, no small Confirmation of the Truth of the Christian Religion; that God gave him to you, and continued him so long, to see the Church in a better State than he had sometimes seen it; that God Crowned his Labours with such great Success. Many Souls in Heaven, and some on Earth blessing God that ever they saw his Face, and that God continued him in his usefulness to the last. Remember him with a quiet submission to the Hand of God in his Removal from us. Sensible we must be of the stroke; 'tis a public Loss, a Loss to to the Ministry, our Hands are this Day weak; a ⟨p. 211⟩Loss to the Nation, for which he was a powerful Intercessor; a Loss to this Country, in which he was a burning and shining Light; but yet we must acquiesce in the Divine Will. The Treasure was in an Earthen Vessel, and God will bring us to depend more upon himself; and he is teaching us to live, and live to Christ without good Mr. Henry, though we have sometimes said, we did not know how we could live without him. Remember him to pay all Honour and Respect to his Name and Memory; rise up, and call him Blessed.
The Wednesday following, Iuly 1. being the Lecture in course at Danford in Whitchurch Parish, Mr. Samuel Lawrence of Nantwich, whose turn it was to Preach that Lecture brought up the-long train of Mourners, (as he express'd it) in a most savoury and pertinent Discourse on Heb. 13. 7. Remember them which have (or have had) the Rule over you, who have spoken unto you the words of God, whose Faith follow, considering the end of their Conversation. Bishops no doubt (saith he) are here meant, Scripture Primitive Bishops, the Pastors of particular Congregations, for they were such as had spoken to them the word of God, and watched for their Souls, v. 17. Such a one Mr. Henry was, that great Man, who is fallen this day in Israel, removed from us, but hath left behind him a good Name to be remembred, a good Example to be imitated; many a good word spoken to us, and many a good Prayer put up for us. Remember him with thankfulness, that God has given such Power, such Gifts and Graces unto Men. I never knew a Man (said he) in all my Acquaintance, in whom I have seen so much of God as in good Mr. Henry, whose Holy, Humble, Heavenly, Gracious Conversation hath been to me, no small Confirmation of the Truth of the Christian Religion; that God gave him to you, and continued him so long, to see the Church in a better State than he had sometimes seen it; that God Crown'd his Labours with such great Success. Many Souls in Heaven, and some on Earth blessing God that ever they saw his Face, and that God continued him in his usefulness to the last. Remember him with a quiet submission to the Hand of God in his Removal from us. Sensible we must be of the stroke; 'tis a publick Loss, a Loss to to the Ministry, our Hands are this Day weak; a ⟨p. 211⟩Loss to the Nation, for which he was a powerful Intercessor; a Loss to this Country, in which he was a burning and shining Light; but yet we must acquiesce in the Divine Will. The Treasure was in an Earthen Vessel, and God will bring us to depend more upon himself; and he is teaching us to live, and live to Christ without good Mr. Henry, though we have sometimes said, we did not know how we could live without him. Remember him to pay all Honour and Respect to his Name and Memory; rise up, and call him Blessed.
