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Excerpt from An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Philip Henry: Minister of the Gospel Near Whitchurch, in Shropshire, Who Died June 24, 1696, in the Sixty-Fifth Year of His Age, With Dr. Bates's Dedication His _father' 3 name was John Henry, the fon of Henry Williams of Britton' s Ferry, betwixt Neath and Swanfey, In Glamorganihire. According to the old Welfh cullom, (fome fay conformable to that of the ancient Hebrews, but now almoft In all places laid afide, ) the father's Chriftian name was the fon's fir name. He had left his native country, and his father's houfe very young, unprovided for by his relations; but it pleafed God to blefs his ingenuity and induitry with a confiderable income afterwards, Wth enabled him to live comfortably himfelf, to bring. Up his child ren well, and to be kind to many of his relations but public events makin a ainft him at his latter end, when he died he left little behind him for his children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.