Excerpt from Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, M.A: Of Broad Oak, Flintshire, A. D. 1631-1696 IT is now nearly sixty years since the Life of Philip Henry - founded upon the account given by his son, Matthew Henry - was written by Sir John Bickerton Williams, esa. It is hoped that the great interest which that volume excited will be extended to the Diaries and Letters, which are now for the first time printed, almost as they stand in the originals. The present phase of public taste is rather to hear what men of note say for themselves, than what others say of them. Philip Henry's motto from Thomas a Kempis, 86728 722252? Gzzz' eme [ah/it, will explain why Anthony 53. Wood does not mention his name why people often describe him now as Matthew Henry's father why the late Dr. Words worth should, with a wise instinct, have included his life in the first edition of the Ecclesiastical Biographies, and why Churchmen generally should have called for its removal from that series. 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."