Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henrywas a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales, United Kingdom but spending much of his life in England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth18 October 1662
peace-with-god
What peace can they have who are not at peace with God?
christian eye feet
Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.
atheist men sin
No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.
worship enough ifs
It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.
christian firsts gods-will
Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.
hands doctrine teach
Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
men design meek
The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men.
pain men riches
Man takes great pains to heap up riches, and they are like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.
enemy church dangerous
Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors.
riches wealth impart
The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.
law light god-with-us
By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Him as Emmanuel, God with us.
men dying world
You have been asked to take notice of the sayings of dying men—this is mine: that a life spent in the service of God and communion with Him is the most pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.
worst-enemy enemy your-best-friend
God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.
prayer letters
The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.