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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.

Matthew Henry

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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
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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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A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while so a truth which is the subject of meditation.
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I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life third, because although they took my all, it was not much and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.
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God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.
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The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.
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It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
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Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.
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What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearing--it hides the word.
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Brotherly love is still the distinguishing badge of every true Christian.
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We have a cunning adversary, who watches to do mischief, and will promote errors, even by the words of scripture.
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Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths.
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If therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home, reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights, and our family worship the most valuable of our family comforts. This will sanctify to us all the conveniences of our houses, and reconcile us to the inconveniences of it.
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Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
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Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?
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God's favour is happiness.
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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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The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and importunate in prayer. How many dry prayers, how few wet ones, do we offer up to God!
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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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All this and heaven too.
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The kingdom of heaven was never intended to indulge the ease of triflers, but to the rest of them that labor.
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