A26780:96
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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The way and manner of his Ordination was according to the known Directory of the Assembly of Divines, and the common usage of the Presbyterians; and yet he having left among his Papers a particular Account of that Solemnity, and some of the Workings of his Soul towards God in i•; I hope it may be of some use both for Instruction and Quickening to Ministers and for the information of such as are perhaps wholly strangers to such a thing, to give some account of the whole Transaction.
The way and manner of his Ordination was according to the known Directory of the Assembly of Divines, and the common usage of the Presbyterians; and yet he having left among his Papers a particular Account of that Solemnity, and some of the Workings of his Soul towards God in i•; I hope it may be of some use both for Instruction and Quickning to Ministers and for the information of such as are perhaps wholly strangers to such a thing, to give some account of te whole Transaction.
He made Addresses to the Presbytery, in order to his Ordination Jul. 6. at Prees, when he submitted to Trial, and Enquiry was made in the first place, concerning his Experience of the Work of Grace in his Heart; in Answer to which he gave a reason of the Hope that was in him, with Meekness and Fear; that the Spirit of Grace had been dealing with him when he was young, and he hoped had Discovered to him his need of Christ, and had bowed his Will in some Measure to close with him upon his own Terms, &c. His Skill in the Original Languages of the Scripture was then tried; and he read and construed two Verses in the Hebrew Bible, and two in the Greek Testament: He was then Examined in Logic and natural Philosophy, next in Divinity, what Authors he had read, and what Knowledge he had touching the Mediation of Christ, &c. and his Skill in the Scripture was tried, by propounding to him a Difficult Text to give his Sense of; a Case of Conscience was also put to him to be resolved, and Enquiry made into his Acquaintance with Church History. Lastly, a Question was given him to provide a Thesis upon against next Meeting, which was this, An Providentia Divina extendat ⟨p. 37⟩