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
Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.
men grace esther
Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.
purses firsts ethics
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.
wise believe promise
We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.
mistake thinking judging
Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.
jesus example sometimes
Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.
sweet tongue
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
learning men polite
Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
heart desire christ
Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.
men forever goats
Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.
men ill-will way
That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it, which will waste it; and the same corrupt dispositions which incline men to the sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
lust grace littles
Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing.
gold furnaces
Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
thinking long world
Though we must never think to learn above our Bible, as long as we are here in this world, yet we must still be getting forward in it.