A26780:496
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.
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.
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 tye her up from doing good with it. I rejoyce in the large Heart which God hath given you with your large Estate without which Heart the Estate would be your Snare.
I have lately met with a Letter of Mr. Henry's, to a Couple related to him, who in a very short time had Buried all their Children of the Small Pox, to their great Grief, 'twas in the Year 1679. What Comfort and Counsels he Administered to them, may be of use •o others in their Afflictions, and therefore I shall Transcribe the whole Letter, though it be long.
I have lately met with a Letter of Mr. Henry's, to a Couple related to him, who in a very short time had Buryed all their Children of the Small Pox, to their great Grief, 'twas in the Year 1679. What Comfort and Counsels he Administred to them, may be of use •o others in their Afflictions, and therefore I shall Transcribe the whole Letter, though it be long.
Dear Cousins, This is to you both, whom God hath made one in the Conjugal Relation, and who are one also in the present Affliction; only to signify to you that we do heartily Sympathize with you in it. The Trial is indeed sharp, and there will be need of all the Wisdom and Grace you have, and of all the help