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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.
This was the Family to which Mr. Henry came from Christ-Church, presently after he had completed his Master's Degree, in 1653. Ordered into that remote, and to him unknown, corner of the Country, by that Over-ruling Providence which determineth the times before appointed, and the bounds of our Habitation.
This was the Family to which Mr. Henry came from Christ-Church, presently after he had compleated his Master's Degree, in 1653. Order'd into that remote, and to him unknown, corner of the Country, by that Over-ruling Providence which determineth the times before appointed, and the bounds of our Habitation.
The Judges Lady was a Person of more than ordinary Parts and Wisdom, in Piety inferior to few, but in Learning Superior to most of her Sex, which I could give Instances of from what I find among Mr. Henry's Papers, particularly an Elegy she made upon the Death of the Famous Mr. John Selden, who was her great Friend.
The Judges Lady was a Person of more than ordinary Parts and Wisdom, in Piety inferiour to few, but in Learning Superiour to most of her Sex, which I could give Instances of from what I find among Mr. Henry's Papers, particularly an Elegy she made upon the Death of the Famous Mr. Iohn Selden, who was her great Friend.
This was the Lady whose Agency first brought Mr. Henry into this Country. She wrote to a Friend of hers Mr. Francis Palmer Student of Christ-Church, to desire him to recommend to her a Young Man to be in her Family, and to take the over-sight of her Sons (some of whom were now ready for the University) and to Preach at Worthenbury on the Lord's-Days, for which a very honourable Encouragement was promised. Mr. Palmer proposed it to his Friend Mr. Henry, who was willing for one half Year to undertake it, provided it might be required of him to Preach but once on the Lord's-Day, and that some other supply might be got for 'tother part of the day, he being now but Twenty two Years of Age, and newly entered upon that great Work. Provided also, that he should be engaged