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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
Liberal
Learning
Education
Men
Polite

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Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers.
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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
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God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.
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We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.
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Man takes a great deal of pains to heap up riches, and they are but like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.
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Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.
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They that die by famine die by inches.
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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.
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Esther came to a proud imperious man we come to the God of love and grace.
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Love is the root obedience is the fruit.
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Our creature comforts
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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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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.
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The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.
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None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves.
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Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.
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Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.
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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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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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