A26780:91
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.
He hath Noted in his Diary, that the very Day that the Workmen began the Building of that House, Mr. Mainwaring of Malpas, preached the Lecture at Bangor, from Psal. 127. 1. Except the Lord build the House, they Labour in vain that build it. There never was Truth (saith he) more seasonable to any than this was to me: It was a word upon the Wheels. He hath Recorded it as his great Care, that his Affections might be kept loose from it, and that it might not encroach upon God's Interest in his Heart. When it was finished he thus writes. I do from my Heart bless God, that no hurt or harm befell any of the Workmen in the Building of it.
He hath Noted in his Diary, that the very Day that the Workmen began the Building of that House, Mr. Mainwaring of Malpas, preached the Lecture at Bangor, from Psal. 127. 1. Except the Lord build the House, they Labour in vain that build it. There never was Truth (saith he) more seasonable to any than this was to me: It was a word upon the Wheels. He hath Recorded it as his great Care, that his Affections might be kept loose from it, and that it might not incroach upon God's Interest in his Heart. When it was finished he thus writes. I do from my Heart bless God, that no hurt or harm befel any of the Workmin in the Building of it.
Thus was his Maintenance settled at Worthenbury. In the Year 1659. he was by a Writing of Judge Puleston's, Collated, Nominated and Presented to the Church of Worthenbury, and (the Powers that then were, having so appointed) he had an Approbation thereof from the Commissioners for Approbation of public Preachers.
Thus was his Maintenance settled at Worthenbury. In the Year 1659. he was by a Writing of Judge Puleston's, Collated, Nominated and Presented to the Church of Worthenbury, and (the Powers that then were, having so appointed) he had an Approbation thereof from the Commissioners for Approbation of publick Preachers.