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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
Author
Theologian
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Sir y Fflint
Polite
Liberal
Learning
Education
Men

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Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.
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What God requires of us he himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of his grace going along with his word, that he may have all the praise.
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If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.
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The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
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None live so easily, so pleasantly, as those that live by faith.
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Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.
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A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.
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Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.
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When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.
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Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.
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Esther came to a proud imperious man we come to the God of love and grace.
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Blushing is the colour of virtue.
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Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.
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No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.
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God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.
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. . . when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can.
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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.
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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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