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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
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came in, he observed the yearly day of Humiliation for this Sin, desiring that God would not lay the Guilt of Blood to the charge of the Nation: But afterwards finding to what purposes it was generally observed, and improved even to the reproach and condemning, not only of the Innocent but of some of the Excellent ones of the Land, and noting, that there is no precedent in Scripture of keeping Annual days of Humiliation for particular Sins; especially after the immediate judgment is at an end, Zech. 8. 19. Heb. 10. 2, 3. he took no farther notice of it. But in his Diary, he adds this tender remark, (according to the Spirit he was of) Yet good Men no doubt may observe it to the Lord, Rom. 14. 6. Thus he judged not, and why then should he be judged?
came in, he observ'd the yearly day of Humiliation for this Sin, desiring that God would not lay the Guilt of Blood to the charge of the Nation: But afterwards finding to what purposes it was generally observed, and improved even to the reproach and condemning, not only of the Innocent but of some of the Excellent ones of the Land, and noting, that there is no precedent in Scripture of keeping Annual days of Humiliation for particular Sins; especially after the immediate judgment is at an end, Zech. 8. 19. Heb. 10. 2, 3. he took no farther notice of it. But in his Diary, he adds this tender remark, (according to the Spirit he was of) Yet good Men no doubt may observe it to the Lord, Rom. 14. 6. Thus he judged not, and why then should he be judged?
In the Year 165• he took his Bachelor of Art's Degree, and he hath recorded the Goodness of God in raising him up Friends, who helped him out in the expenses. Such kindnesses have a peculiar sweetness in them to a good Man, who sees and receives them as the Kindness of God, and the tokens of his Love.