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Henry Whitfield was born near London, the son of Thomas Whitfield of Mortlake in Surrey, a lawyer, and his wife, Mildred (Manning).
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A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on Thursday, June 7, 1798. Being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools. By Henry Whitfeld
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Some helpes to stirre up to Christian duties Wherein is explained the nature of the dnty of stirring vp ourselves. Instances are given in the most ... duties. By Henry Whitfeld B D. (1634)
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Henry Whitfield
Edit ProfileEducation
Henry was apparently a student at Oxford for a time. In 1631/32 he received the degree of B. D. from the University of Cambridge.
Career
He was ordained, and became minister of Ockley, in Surrey, where he maintained an assistant out of his earnings. In 1630 he published Some Helpes to Stirre up to Christian Duties. At one time or another most of the nonconformists who later came to America lodged with him, notably John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, and John Davenport. With these men he joined in the protest against the prosecution for refusing to read the "Book of Sports, " and in the late thirties prepared to leave England. Joining with a group of younger men who were contemplating emigration, he arranged with George Fenwick to settle upon the land purchased by Fenwick. In the spring of 1639 he sold his estate, and in July arrived in New Haven. With five associates, one of whom was William Leete, he purchased land from the Indians and founded a new town at Menunkatuck, later Guilford. In the fall of the same year or the following spring he built a stone house to serve as a fort, which was used as a place of worship until a meeting house could be erected. In the town's constitution, which Whitfield was largely responsible for framing, its policy was declared to be that "wee might settle and uphold all the ordinances of God in an explicit congregational church wav wth most purity, peace, and liberty for the benefit both of orselves and our posterities after us". His friendship with George Fenwick, agent for the Puritan leaders, greatly assisted him in enlarging the township. After the incorporation of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England in 1649, Whitfield became one of its most active members, and continued in this post until his death. As soon as the Guilford settlement was firmly established, he gave a generous portion of his time to the Society's work, preached frequently to the Indians, and materially aided John Eliot in the work of conversion. Of his preaching Cotton Mather wrote: "There was a marvelous majesty and sanctity observable in it". In 1650 Whitfield returned to England where he was pastor of a church in Winchester until his death in 1657. Unable to sell his house at Guilford, he left his wife and a son, Nathaniel, in charge of the property. It is known that he suffered reverses in health and fortune in the later days of his life. His death occurred between September 17, 1657, when he made his will, and January 29, 1657/58, when it was probated.
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In 1651 Whitfield published The Light Appearing More and More towards the Perfect Day, and in 1652, Strength out of Weakness; the latter was reprinted in 1657 under the title, The Banners of Grace and Love Displayed in the Farther Conversion of the Indians in New England. Both were collections of "letters" from Whitfield's fellow missionaries, Eliot, John Wilson, William Leverich, Thomas Mayhew, and Thomas Allen. They were reprinted in 1865 in Sabin's Reprints and are important for the student of early Colonial missionary work.
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A Picture From Life: or, The History of Emma Tankerville and Sir Henry Moreton; VOL. I
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A Picture From Life: or, The History of Emma Tankerville and Sir Henry Moreton; VOL. I
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A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, on Thursday, June 7, 1798. Being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools. By Henry Whitfeld
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A Picture From Life: Or, The History Of Emma Tankerville And Sir Henry Moreton ... - Primary Source Edition
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Some helpes to stirre up to Christian duties Wherein is explained the nature of the dnty of stirring vp ourselves. Instances are given in the most ... duties. By Henry Whitfeld B D. (1634)
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A Picture From Life: or, The History of Emma Tankerville and Sir Henry Moreton; VOL. I
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In 1618 Whitfield had married Dorothy Sheaffe, by whom he had ten children.
