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
beautiful together harmony
In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.
fishing water fishes
To fish in troubled waters.
soul gold body
It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.
business hands firsts
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
men good-man departure
Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.
wounds
God warns before he wounds.
christian hero causes
The true Christian hero will appear in the cause of Christ, not only when it is prevailing, but when it seems to be declining; (he) will be on the right side, though it be not the rising side.
spiritual art men
God cannot be represented by an image. We ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. We wrong God, and put an affront upon him, if we think so. God honoured man in making his soul after his own likeness; but man dishonours God if he makes him after the likeness of his body. The Godhead is spiritual, infinite, immaterial, incomprehensible, and therefore it is a very false and unjust conception which an image gives us of God.
heart broken bones
Hard words indeed break no bones, but many a heart has been broken by them.
grace sorrow tears
Tears are a tribute to our deceased friends. When the body is sown, it must be watered. But we must not sorrow as those that have no hope; for we have a good hope through grace both concerning them and concerning ourselves.
church common boast
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
deaf-and-blind blind deaf
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
complaining
Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
umpires holiness attributes
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.