A26780:505
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.
When one of his Daughters was safely delivered, in a Letter to another of them that was drawing near to that needful Hour, he observed, that when David said, Psal. 116. 12. What shall I render? He presently adds, v. 13. I will call upon the Name of the Lord. As if (saith he) calling upon the Name of the Lord for Mercy for you, were one way of rendering unto the Lord, for the great Benefit done to your Sister.
When one of his Daughters was safely delivered, in a Letter to another of them that was drawing near to that needful Hour, he observ'd, that when David said, Psal. 116. 12. What shall I render? He presently adds, v. 13. I will call upon the Name of the Lord. As if (saith he) calling upon the Name of the Lord for Mercy for you, were one way of rendring unto the Lord, for the great Benefit done to your Sister.
On occasion of affliction in their Families by the sickness or Death of Children, or otherwise, he always wrote some word in season.
In the Furnace again? (saith he) but a good Friend sits by, and it is only to take away more of the Dross. If less Fire would do, we should not have it so much and so often; O for Faith to trust the Refiner, and to refer all to his Will and Wisdom, and to wait the Issue—for I have been young, and now am old, but I never yet saw it in vain to seek God, and to hope in him.