An account of the life and death of Mr. Philip Henry, minister of the…

He said he had observed concerning himself, that he was sometimes the worse for eating, but never for abstinence; sometimes the worse for wearing too few Clothes, but never for wearing too many; sometimes the worse for speaking, but never for keeping Silence.

He said he had observed concerning himself, that he was sometimes the worse for eating, but never for abstinence; sometimes the worse for wearing too few Cloaths, but never for wearing too many; sometimes the worse for speaking, but never for keeping Silence.

As to his Letters, he was very free in writing to his Friends. A good Letter, he would say, may perhaps do more good than a good Sermon, because the Address is more particular, and that which is written remains. His Language and Expressions in his Letters were always pious and heavenly, and seasoned with the Salt of Grace; and when there was occasion, he would excellently Administer Counsels, Reproofs or Comforts by Letter. He kept no Copies of his Letters, and it is impossible if we should attempt it, to retrieve them from the Hands into which they were scattered. Mr. Rutherford's, and Mr. Allen's Letters, that (like some of the most excellent of Paul's Epistles) bo•e date out of a Prison, have a mighty Tincture of their peculiar Prison-Comforts and Enlargements; we have none such to Produce of Mr. Henry's, no Pastoral Letters or Prison Letters; he was himself, in his whole Conversation, an Epistle of Christ.

As to his Letters, he was very free in writing to his Friends. A good Letter, he would say, may perhaps do more good than a good Sermon, because the Address is more particular, and that which is written remains. His Language and Expressions in his Letters were always pious and heavenly, and seasoned with the Salt of Grace; and when there was occasion, he would excellently Administer Counsels, Reproofs or Comforts by Letter. He kept no Copies of his Letters, and it is impossible if we should attempt it, to retrieve them from the Hands into which they were scatter'd. Mr. Rutherford's, and Mr. Allen's Letters, that (like some of the most excellent of Paul's Epistles) boe date out of a Prison, have a mighty Tincture of their peculiar Prison-Comforts and Enlargements; we have none such to Produce of Mr. Henry's, no Pastoral Letters or Prison Letters; he was himself, in his whole Conversation, an Epistle of Christ.