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
heaven earth may
Earth is embittered to us, that heaven may be endeared.
desire may needs
I shall be supplied with whatever I need; and, if I have not everything I desire, I may conclude it is either not fit for me, or I shall have it in due time.
guilt may littles
He that is in haste may contract much guilt in a little time. What we say or do unadvisedly when we are hot, we must unsay or undo again when we are cool, or do worse.
prayer practice may
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
joy may christ
May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.
prayer may forget
Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers.
dark may events
God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event.
heart real-men feet
Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal, under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.
deeds better-days
The better day, the worse deed.
heaven benefits influence
It is our duty not to not only hold fast, but to hold forth the Word of life; not only to hold fast for our own benefit, but to hold it forth for the benefit of others, to hold it forth as the candlestick holds forth the candle, which makes it appear to advantage all around, or as the luminaries of the heavens, which shed their influences far and wide.
news too-good-to-be-true worthy
It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
work-out spirit christ
None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God; and God will not do without us.
sweet men mind
If ill thoughts at any time enter into the mind of a good man, he doth not roll them under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
spiritual light substance
No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.