A26780:471
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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In the Observations he made of God's Providences, he frequently took Notice in Discourse with his Friends, of the fulfilling of the Scripture in them, for (saith he) The Scripture hath many accomplishments, and is in the fulfilling every day. Speaking of a wicked Son in the Neighbourhood, that was very undutiful to his Mother, he charged some of his Children to observe the Providence of God concerning him; Perhaps (saith he) I may •ot live to see it, but do you take Notice, whether God do not come upon him with some remarkable Judgment in this Life, according to the threatening implied in the Reason annexed to the Fifth Commandment: But he himself lived to see it fulfilled not long after, in a very signal Providence.
In the Observations he made of God's Providences, he frequently took Notice in Discourse with his Friends, of the fulfilling of the Scripture in them, for (saith he) The Scripture hath many accomplishments, and is in the fulfilling every day. Speaking of a wicked Son in the Neighbourhood, that was very undutiful to his Mother, he charged some of his Children to observe the Providence of God concerning him; Perhaps (saith he) I may •ot live to see it, but do you take Notice, whether God do not come upon him with some remarkable Iudgment in this Life, according to the threatning implyed in the Reason annexed to the Fifth Commandment: But he himself lived to see it fulfilled not long after, in a very signal Providence.
He observed from Scripture Instances, as well as from some Providences which he had taken Notice of in his own Day, That if any began well in the ways of Religion and Godliness, and afterwards cast off their Profession, and returned to Profaneness again ⟨p. 223⟩usually God sets a mark of his displeasure upon them, by some visible Judgment in this World; their Estates ruined, their Reputation blasted, their Families sunk, or themselves brought to Misery; so that all who passed by might say, This was an Apostate. If any Man draw back, my Soul shall have no pleasure in him.