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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.
When he spoke of a Good Name, he usually described it to be a Name for good things with good People.
When he spoke of Contentment, he used to say, When the Mind and the Condition meet, there's Contentment. Now in order to that, either the Condition must be brought up to the Mind, and that is not only unreasonable but impossible; for as the Condition riseth, the Mind riseth with it; or else the Mind must be brought down to the Condition, and that is both possible and reasonable. And he observed, That no Condition of Life will of it self make a Man content, without the Grace of God; for we find Haman discontented in the Court, Ah•b discontented on the Throne, Adam discontented in Paradise, ⟨p. 219⟩nay (and higher we cannot go) the Angels that fell discontented in Heaven it self.
When he spoke of Contentment, he us'd to say, When the Mind and the Condition meet, there's Contentment. Now in order to that, either the Condition must be brought up to the Mind, and that is not only unreasonable but impossible; for as the Condition riseth, the Mind riseth with it; or else the Mind must be brought down to the Condition, and that is both possible and reasonable. And he observed, That no Condition of Life will of it self make a Man content, without the Grace of God; for we find Haman discontented in the Court, Ah•b discontented on the Throne, Adam discontented in Paradise, ⟨p. 219⟩nay (and higher we cannot go) the Angels that fell discontented in Heaven it self.
The Three Questions which he advised People to put to themselves in self Examination before the Sacrament, were, What am I? What have I done? and what do I want?