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

To one of his Daughters with Child of her first Child, he thus writes, You have now one kind of Burden more than ever you had before to cast upon God, and if you do so, he will sustain you, according to his Promise.

To one of his Daughters with Child of her first Child, he thus writes, You have now one kind of Burthen more than ever you had before to cast upon God, and if you do so, he will sustain you, according to his Promise.

And when the time of Travel was near, thus, You know whom you have trusted, even him who is true and faithful, and never yet did, no• ever will forsake the Soul that seeks him. Though he be Almighty, and can do every thing, yet this he cannot do, he cannot deny himself, nor be worse than his Word: But what is his Word? Hath he promised that there shall be always a safe and speedy delivery? that there shall be no Jabez, no Benoni? No, but if there be, he hath promised it shall work together for good; hath promised, if he doth not save from, he will save through: If he call to go, even through the valley of the shadow of death, (and what less is Child-bearing […]) he will be with you, his Rod and his Staff shall comfort you, and that's well: Therefore your Faith must be in those things as the Promise is, either so or so, and which way soever it be, God is good, and doth good. Therefore (my dear Daughter) lift up the Hands that hang down, cast your Burden upon him, trust also in him, and let your Thoughts be established. We are mindful of you in our daily Prayers but you have a better Intercessor than we, who is heard always.

And when the time of Travel was near, thus, You know whom you have trusted, even him who is true and faithful, and never yet did, no• ever will forsake the Soul that seeks him. Though he be Almighty, and can do every thing, yet this he cannot do, he cannot deny himself, nor be worse than his Word: But what is his Word? Hath he promised that there shall be always a safe and speedy delivery? that there shall be no Iabez, no Benoni? No, but if there be, he hath promised it shall work together for good; hath promised, if he doth not save from, he will save through: If he call to go, even through the valley of the shadow of death, (and what less is Child-bearing ) he will be with you, his Rod and his Staff shall comfort you, and that's well: Therefore your Faith must be in those things as the Promise is, either so or so, and which way soever it be, God is good, and doth good. Therefore (my dear Daughter) lift up the Hands that hang down, cast your Burthen upon him, trust also in him, and let your Thoughts be established. We are mindful of you in our daily Prayers but you have a better Intecessor than we, who is heard always.