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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.
To one of his Children in affliction he writes thus; Tis a time of Trial with you, according to the Will of your and our Heavenly Father. Though you see not yet what he means by it, you shall see. He means you good and not hurt; he is showing you the vanity of all things under the Sun, that your happiness lies not in them, but in himself only; that they and we are passing away, withering Flowers, that therefore we may learn to die to them, and live above ⟨p. 243⟩them, placing our Hope and Happiness in better things, trusting in him alone who is the Rock of Ages, who fails not, neither can fail, nor will fail those that fly to him. I pray you, think not a hard thought of him, no not one hard thought, for he is good, and doth good in all he doth, and therefore all shall work for good; but then, as you are called according to his purpose (blessed be his Name for it) so you must love him, and Love (you know) thinks no evil, but puts the best construction upon all that the Person loved saith or doth, and so must you, though now for a Season if need be, you are in Heaviness.
To one of his Children in affliction he writes thus; Tis a time of Trial with you, according to the Will of your and our Heavenly Father. Though you see not yet what he means by it, you shall see. He means you good and not hurt; he is shewing you the vanity of all things under the Sun, that your happiness lies not in them, but in himself only; that they and we are passing away, withering Flowers, that therefore we may learn to die to them, and live above ⟨p. 243⟩them, placing our Hope and Happiness in better things, trusting in him alone who is the Rock of Ages, who fails not, neither can fail, nor will fail those that fly to him. I pray you, think not a hard thought of him, no not one hard thought, for he is good, and doth good in all he doth, and therefore all shall work for good; but then, as you are called according to his purpose (blessed be his Name for it) so you must love him, and Love (you know) thinks no evil, but puts the best construction upon all that the Person loved saith or doth, and so must you, though now for a Season if need be, you are in Heaviness.