Inspirational Quotes by Matthew Henry
“Those sins which are concealed from our governors are naked and open before God.”
“In all our ways that prove pleasant, in which we gain our point, we must acknowledge God with thankfulness. In all our ways that prove uncomfortable, and that are hedged up with thorns, we must acknowledge him with submission. It is promised, He shall direct thy paths; so that thy way shall be safe and good, and happy at last.”
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“God does not command what cannot be done, but admonishes us to do what is in our power, and to pray for what is not.”
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“The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Matt. 4:4.”
“When Peter would prove himself no disciple of Christ, he cursed and swore.”
“We must never be drawn into sin by any thing that man can say or do to us, for it will not justify us to say that we were so drawn in.”
“Though our holy religion teaches us to be for peace, yet it does not forbid us to provide for war.”
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“Herein Moses was a type of Christ, who stands between God and man, to show us the word of the Lord, a blessed days-man, that has laid his hand upon us both, so that we may both hear from God and speak to him without trembling.”
“those that have received Christ must by faith live upon him, and not receive his grace in vain.”
“God can bring his people through the greatest difficulties, and force a way where he does not find it.”
“so we must not come to worship God empty-hearted; our souls must be filled with grace, with pious and devout affections, holy desires towards him, and dedications of ourselves to him, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.”
“As time will not wear out the guilt of sin, so it will not blot out the records of conscience;”
“The superior nature of Christ is proved from his superior name.”
“Those are marked for ruin who persist in sin, and are not ashamed of the abominations they have committed, Jer. 8:12.”
“for we are by baptism brought into covenant, that we may be taught to observe all things whatsoever Christ has commanded us,”
“It is gracious ambition to covet to be like the Most Holy, for he has said, Be ye holy, for I am holy; but it is sinful ambition to aim to be like the Most High, for he has said, He who exalts himself shall be abased.”
“Guilty consciences are apt to take good providences in a bad sense,”
“When men's spirits are sinking every thing helps to sink them.”
“We cannot reach true wisdom except by divine revelation.”
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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.