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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.
One asking his advice, what to do when (as often unavoidably) we are in the sight and hearing of the wickedness of the Wicked, and whether we are to reprove them; why (saith he) you know what an angry Countenance doth, and we may sometimes give a Reproof by our looks, when we have not opportunity of giving it otherwise.
He would not bear that any should be evil spoken of in his Hearing, 'twas to him as Vinegar to the Teeth. He would mind those who Reflected upon People behind their Backs, of that Law, Lev. 19. 14. Thou shalt not Curse the Deaf. Those that are absent are Deaf, they cannot right themselves, and therefore say no ill of them. A Friend of his enquiring of him concerning a matter which tended to reflect upon some People; he began to give him an account of the Story, ⟨p. 224⟩but immediately broke off, and checked himself with these words, But our Rule is, to speak evil of no Man, and would proceed no further in the Story. 'Twas but the Week before he dyed, that one desired him to lend him such a Book; Truly (saith he) I would lend it you, but that it rakes in the Faults of some, which should rather be covered with a Mantle of Love, 'Twere easy to Multiply instances of this.
He would not bear that any should be evil spoken of in his Hearing, 'twas to him as Vinegar to the Teeth. He would mind those who Reflected upon People behind their Backs, of that Law, Lev. 19. 14. Thou shalt not Curse the Deaf. Those that are absent are Deaf, they cannot right themselves, and therefore say no ill of them. A Friend of his enquiring of him concerning a matter which tended to reflect upon some People; he began to give him an account of the Story, ⟨p. 224⟩but immediately broke off, and checked himself with these words, But our Rule is, to speak evil of no Man, and would proceed no further in the Story. 'Twas but the Week before he dyed, that one desired him to lend him such a Book; Truly (saith he) I would lend it you, but that it rakes in the Faults of some, which should rather be covered with a Mantle of Love, 'Twere easie to Multiply instances of this.