OF THE REV. PHILIP HENRY, A.M. EXTRACTED From Unpublished Manuscripts: BY SIR JOHN BICKERTON WILLIAMS, KNT., LL.D., F.S.A., AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. There are remains of great and good men which, like Elijah's mantle, REV. MATTH. HENRY, ON 2 KINGS II. 13. LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; 1848. PREFACE. THOSE Who are conversant with the "Life" of that eminent servant of God, the Rev. Philip Henry, are, probably, familiar with its tenth chapter, containing "A Miscellaneous Collection of his Sayings, Observations, Counsels, and Comforts out of his Sermons, Letters, and Dis In the enlarged edition of the Life, published in 1825, that "Collection" was considerably increased. Since then, one of Mr. Henry's descendants, John Lee, esq., made public an Exposition by his ancestor, with practical observations on the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis ;* and also "Selections" from some of his Diaries and Common Place Book. Miss Sarah Lawrence, author of "Stories from the History of Greece," another of the *Mr. Henry's "Notes" on the whole book, in his own handwriting, are in my possession. |