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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.
4. You must pray that you may pray; beg of God the Father of Lights, from whom every good and perfect Gift comes, to bestow this Gift upon you. We read, Luke 11. 1. that one of the Disciples came to Jesus Christ upon this Errand, Lord teach us to pray, and he had his Request granted presently. Go you to him on the same Errand. You may plead the Relation of a Child, from that Scripture, Gal. 4. 6. And because you are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son ⟨p. 247⟩into your Hearts, crying, Abba, Father: And the Promise also from that Scripture, Zech. 12. 10 I will pour upon the House of David, and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace, and of Supplication; which two, Relation and a Promise, if they be not sufficient to encourage your Faith and Hope in this Address, what is or can be?
4. You must pray that you may pray; beg of God the Father of Lights, from whom every good and perfect Gift comes, to bestow this Gift upon you. We read, Luke 11. 1. that one of the Disciples came to Jesus Christ upon this Errand, Lord teach us to pray, and he had his Request granted presently. Go you to him on the same Errand. You may plead the Relation of a Child, from that Scirpture, Gal. 4. 6. And because you are Sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son ⟨p. 247⟩into your Hearts, crying, Abba, Father: And the Promise also from that Scripture, Zech. 12. 10 I will pour upon the House of David, and the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace, and of Supplication; which two, Relation and a Promise, if they be not sufficient to encourage your Faith and Hope in this Address, what is or can be?