A26780:438
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 the Afternoon of that Sabbath, another Sermon was Preached by a near Relation of Mr. Henry's, on Heb. 11. 4. And by it, he being dead yet speaketh, [Greek or Hebrew] is yet spoken of by us, and yet speaketh to us.
In the Afternoon of that Sabbath, another Sermon was Preached by a near Relation of Mr. Henry's, on Heb. 11. 4. And by it, he being dead yet speaketh, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is yet spoken of by us, and yet speaketh to us.
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