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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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None so blind as those who will not see.
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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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Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
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The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
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Tears are a tribute to our deceased friends. When the body is sown, it must be watered. But we must not sorrow as those that have no hope for we have a good hope through grace both concerning them and concerning ourselves.
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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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All this and heaven too.
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Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.
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God's favour is happiness.
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The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.
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To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy.
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We should take heed of pride it is a sin that turned angels into devils.
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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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The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.
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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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None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification.
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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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The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.
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The service of sin is perfect slavery.
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