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Matthew Henry
Age: 51 †
Born: 1662
Born: October 18
Died: 1714
Died: June 22
Author
Theologian
Writer
Sir y Fflint
Thoughts
Second
Sober

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The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.
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...When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him.
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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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Those that set God always before them and walk before him with all their hearts, shall find him as good as his word and better he will both keep covenant with them and show mercy to them.
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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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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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If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.
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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.
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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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Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.
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Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
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Blushing is the colour of virtue.
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The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men.
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None shall be saved by Christ but those only who work out their own salvation while God is working in them by His truth and His Holy Spirit. We cannot do without God and God will not do without us.
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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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The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favor of God.
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Poor people are as much in danger from an inordinate desire towards the wealth of the world as rich from an inordinate delight in it.
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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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