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Henry was primarily home-educated by his father, Rev. Philip Henry, and also at the Thomas Doolittle academy from Henry first started studying law in , but instead of pursuing a career in law he began to preach in his neighborhood. After the declaration of liberty of conscience by James II in , he was privately ordained in London, and on June 2, , he began his regular ministry as non-conformist pastor of a Presbyterian congregation at Chester.

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He remained in this position for 25 years. After declining several times offers from London congregations, he finally accepted a call to Hackney, London, and began his ministry there May 18, , shortly before his death. He lived to complete it only as far as to the end of the Acts, but after his death other like-minded authors prepared the remainder from Henry's manuscripts.

This work was long celebrated as the best English commentary for devotional purposes and the expanded edition was initially published in Instead of critical exposition, Henry focuses on practical suggestion, and his commentaries contains rich stores of truths.

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