A26780:462
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.
Preaching on 1 Pet. 1. 6. If need be, you are in Heaviness.—He showed what need the People of God have of Afflictions. The same need that our Bodies have of Physic, that our Trees have of Pruning, that Gold and Silver have of the Furnace, that Liquors have of being emptied from Vessel to Vessel, that the Iron hath of a File, that the Fields have of a Hedge, that the Child has of the Rod.
Preaching on 1 Pet. 1. 6. If need be, you are in Heaviness.—He shew'd what need the People of God have of Afflictions. The same need that our Bodies have of Physick, that our Trees have of Pruning, that Gold and Silver have of the Furnace, that Liquors have of being emptied from Vessel to Vessel, that the Iron hath of a File, that the Fields have of a Hedge, that the Child has of the Rod.
Preaching on that Prayer of Christ for his Disciples, John 17. 21. That they all may be one, which no doubt is an answered Prayer; for the Father heard him ⟨p. 220⟩always: He showed, That notwithstanding the many sad Divisions that are in the Church, yet all the Saints, as far as they are Sanctified, are One; one in Relation, one Flock, one Family, one Building, one Body, one Bread: one by Representation, one in Image and Likeness, of one Inclination and Disposition: one in their Aims, one in their Askings, one in Amity and Friendship, one in Interest, and one in their Inheritance; nay, they are one in Judgment and Opinion; though in some things they differ, yet those things in which they are agreed are many more, and much more considerable, than those things wherein they differ. They are all of a mind concerning Sin, that it is the worst thing in the World; concerning Christ, that he is All in all; concerning the Favour of God, that is better than Life; concerning the World, that it is Vanity; concerning the Word of God, that it is very precious, &c.