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Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
Matthew Henry
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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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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.
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They that pray in the family do well they that pray and read the Scriptures do better but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.
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No man will say, There is no God 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.
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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.
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Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.
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