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
spring heart humility
Meekness is calm confidence, settled assurance, and rest of the soul. It is the tranquil stillness of a soul that is at rest in Christ. It is the place of peace. Meekness springs from a heart of humility, radiating the fragrance of Christ.
spring sorrow tears
Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.
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.
ready
. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.
heart men bread
Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
distance dark israel
The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.
running shallow sabbath
The streams of religion run deep or shallow, according as the banks of the Sabbath are kept up or neglected.
strong prayer tears
The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!