A26780:534
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.
CHAP. XI.
A short Account of some of his Friends, especially his Brethren in the Ministry, that dyed before him.
WE think our selves obliged to add this Account out of his own Papers, partly as an Evidence of the great esteem he had of the Gifts and Graces of others, to whom he delighted to do Honour; (an Instance of that Humility, which he was in all respects a great Example of); and partly that we may preserve the remembrance of some in that Country, whose Names ought not to be buried in Oblivion. It is part of that Honour which we owe to them that fear the Lord; to mention them with respect when they are dead and gone, that we may contribute something to the fulfilling of the Promise, That the Righteous, and especially they who turn many to Righteousness, shall be had in everlasting remembrance. While their glorified Souls shine as the Stars in the Firmament of our Father, it is fit that their embalmed Memories should in these lower Regions go forth as a Lamp that burneth. The Jewish Rabbins read Prov. 10 7. as a Precept, Let the Memory of the Just be Blessed. We will take them in the Order wherein we find them in his Diary, according to the time of their Death, premising only this Note of his, occasioned by a particular instance; Such a day I read the Life of old Mr. Bruen of Stapleford, in which I met with some things that shame me, ⟨p. 251⟩