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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
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'Twas a saying he frequently used, which hath been mentioned already, that Every Creature is that to us, and only that which God makes it to be: And another was, Duty is ours, Events are God's: And another was, The Soul is the Man, and therefore, That is always best for us, which is best for our Souls: And another was, The Devil cozens us of all our time, by cozening us of the present time.
'Twas a saying he frequently us'd, which hath been mentioned already, that Every Creature is that to us, and only that which God makes it to be: And another was, Duty is ours, Events are God's: And another was, The Soul is the Man, and therefore, That is always best for us, which is best for our Souls: And another was, The Devil cozens us of all our time, by cozening us of the present time.
In his Thanksgivings for Temporal Mercies, he often said, If the end of one Mercy were not the beginning of another, we were undone: And to encourage to the Work of Thanksgiving he would say, That new Mercies call for new Returns of Praise, and then those new Returns will fetch in new Mercies; and from Psal. 50. 23. He that offers praise glorifies me, and to him that orders his conversation aright.—He observed, That Thanksgiving is good, but Thanks-living is better.
In his Thanksgivings for Temporal Mercies, he often said, If the end of one Mercy were not the beginning of another, we were undone: And to encourage to the Work of Thanksgiving he would say, That new Mercies call for new Returns of Praise, and then those new Returns will fetch in new Mercies; and from Psal. 50. 23. He that offers praise glorifies me, and to him that orders his conversation aright.—He observ'd, That Thanksgiving is good, but Thanks-living is better.