Memoir of the Rev. Philip Henry

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Soon after the death of the eminent servant of God of whom these pages form a memorial, his son, the Rev. Matthew Henry the commentator, prepared and published his memoir. The original work reached a third edition during the lifetime of the author, which was published in the early part of the eighteenth century. More than a hundred years afterwards, J. B. Williams, Esq., LL. D. - subsequently Sir J. B. Williams - published an enlarged and corrected edition, obtaining additional materials from the most reliable sources, and chiefly from authentic manuscripts in the possession of descendants of the subject of the memoir.<br><br>But the English edition, edited by Dr. Williams, excellent as it is, embodies much matter which is not of special interest to the great mass of readers at the present time; yet the main portions, both of the original work and of the enlarged edition, are too valuable to lie on the shelves of the few in this country who may be in possession of them.