On April 16, 1704, Matthew Henry preached an abundantly practical sermon entitled, "A Church in the House, A Sermon Concerning Family-Religion," as an encouragement to help fathers develop spiritual life in their homes. He says that "every house should be a little church." Not that it replaces the church, but that it becomes a fountain of blessing for both church and community.
Henry's well-known Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1708-1710) is a commentary of a practical and devotional rather than of a critical kind, covering the whole of the Old Testament, and the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament. After the author's death, the work was finished by a number of ministers, and edited by George Burder and John Hughes in 1811. Not a work of textual criticism, its attempt at good sense, discrimination, its high moral tone and simple piety with practical application, combined with the well-sustained flow of its English style, made it one of the most popular works of its type. Matthew Henry's six volume Complete Commentary, originally published in 1706, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible. His commentaries are still in use to this day.
... Show more