Matthew Henry Quotes

• Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

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• The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.

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  Topics in Fear, God

• Saying and doing are two things.

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  Topics in English Proverbs

• Better late than never.

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• Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

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  Tags in Punishment, Faith

• They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

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  Tags in Comfort

• Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.

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  Tags in Ethics, Good, Fame

• It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.

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  Tags in Prayer

• He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

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• So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

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  Tags in Great

• It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

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  Tags in Good

• The better day, the worse deed.

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  Tags in Better

• Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

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  Tags in World

• Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.

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• They that die by famine die by inches.

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• The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

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• The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

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• Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.

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• Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.

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• Not lost, but gone before.

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Matthew Henry (31)

Birth:	18th October, 1662
Death:	22nd June, 1714
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Clergyman, Commentator

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