A26780:495
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.
And some time after he writes, Your Acknowledging God in all your Affairs, I cannot but rejoice in, as an evidence of the uprightness of your Heart towards him; 'tis the Life and Soul of all Religion; 'tis indeed to walk with God: That includes as much ⟨p. 235⟩as any other Scripture command in so few words, In all thy ways acknowledge him; in every thing thou dost have an Eye to him; make his Word and Will thy Rule, his Glory thy End; fetch in strength from him; expect success from him; and in all Events that happen, which are our ways too (whether they be for us or against us) he is to be acknowledged, that is adored: if prosperous with Thankfulness, if otherwise with Submission; as Job, The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken, and blessed be the Name of the Lord. This is to set the Lord always before us, to have our Eye ever towards the Lord; where this is not, we are so far without God in the World.
And some time after he writes, Your Acknowledging God in all your Affairs, I cannot but rejoyce in, as an evidence of the uprightness of your Heart towards him; 'tis the Life and Soul of all Religion; 'tis indeed to walk with God: That includes as much ⟨p. 235⟩as any other Scripture command in so few words, In all thy ways acknowledge him; in every thing thou dost have an Eye to him; make his Word and Will thy Rule, his Glory thy End; fetch in strength from him; expect success from him; and in all Events that happen, which are our ways too (whether they be for us or against us) he is to be acknowledged, that is ador'd: if prosperous with Thankfulness, if otherwise with Submission; as Iob, The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken, and blessed be the Name of the Lord. This is to set the Lord always before us, to have our Eye ever towards the Lord; where this is not, we are so far without God in the World.
In another Letter, As to the Accession lately made to your Estate, much good may it do you; that is, much good may you do with it, which is the true Good of an Estate. The Lady Warwick would not thank him, that would give her a Thousand a Year, and tie her up from doing good with it. I rejoice in the large Heart which God hath given you with your large Estate without which Heart the Estate would be your Snare.