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The Bible is a letter God has sent to us prayer is a letter we send to him.

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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Not lost, but gone before.
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The better day, the worse deed.
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Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.
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We should take heed of pride it is a sin that turned angels into devils.
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Take Jesus for your king, and by baptism swear allegiance to him take him for your prophet, and hear him take him for your priest, to make atonement for you.
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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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A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.
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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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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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All this and heaven too.
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Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one.
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The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.
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Their own second and sober thoughts.
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Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.
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God's favour is happiness.
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Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
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Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.
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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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The service of sin is perfect slavery.
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