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Matthew Henry quotes: Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire. Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.
Matthew Henry quotes: The better day, the worse deed. The better day, the worse deed.
Matthew Henry quotes: Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it. Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.
Matthew Henry quotes: Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing. Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing.
Matthew Henry quotes: Abram was very rich and yet very religious. Abram was very rich and yet very religious.
Matthew Henry quotes: for we are by baptism brought into covenant, that we may be taught to observe all things whatsoever Christ has commanded us, for we are by baptism brought into covenant, that we may be taught to observe all things whatsoever Christ has commanded us,
Matthew Henry quotes: God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer. God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.
Matthew Henry quotes: Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace. Esther came to a proud imperious man; we come to the God of love and grace.
Matthew Henry quotes: Tears of tenderness and affection are no disparagement at all, even to great and wise men. Tears of tenderness and affection are no disparagement at all, even to great and wise men.
Matthew Henry quotes: Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others. Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.
Matthew Henry quotes: None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification. None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification.
Matthew Henry quotes: When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him. When we are waiting upon God to bless us, we should stir up ourselves to bless him.
Matthew Henry quotes: All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first. All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.
Matthew Henry quotes: The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us. The best we can say to God in prayer, is what He has said to us.
Matthew Henry quotes: He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
Matthew Henry quotes: The wits or wills of men, their inventions or their injunctions, cannot make that to be sin which the law of God has not made to be so. The wits or wills of men, their inventions or their injunctions, cannot make that to be sin which the law of God has not made to be so.
Matthew Henry quotes: Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions. Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
Matthew Henry quotes: Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats. Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats.
Matthew Henry quotes: Omissions are sins, and must come into judgment, and particularly the contempt and neglect of the seals of the covenant; Omissions are sins, and must come into judgment, and particularly the contempt and neglect of the seals of the covenant;
Matthew Henry quotes: Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people. Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.
Matthew Henry quotes: All that minister about holy things must have an eye to God's command as their rule and warrant; All that minister about holy things must have an eye to God's command as their rule and warrant;
Matthew Henry quotes: Note, It is common for those that are indulgent to their own sin to be severe against the sins of others. Note, It is common for those that are indulgent to their own sin to be severe against the sins of others.
Matthew Henry quotes: The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
Matthew Henry quotes: Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience. Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.
Matthew Henry quotes: Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes
Matthew Henry quotes: God sends his messengers to those whose hardness and obstinacy he certainly knows and foresees, that it may appear he would have them turn and live. God sends his messengers to those whose hardness and obstinacy he certainly knows and foresees, that it may appear he would have them turn and live.
Matthew Henry quotes: To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy. To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy.
Matthew Henry quotes: Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other. Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.
Matthew Henry quotes: 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. 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.
Matthew Henry quotes: Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth. Prayer is the midwife of mercy, that helps to bring it forth.
Matthew Henry quotes: God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer. God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.
Matthew Henry quotes: The saints, who are living sacrifices to God, must have salt in themselves, for every sacrifice must be salted with salt (Mark 9:49, The saints, who are living sacrifices to God, must have salt in themselves, for every sacrifice must be salted with salt (Mark 9:49,
Matthew Henry quotes: We must first wait for God's law before we catch at his promises. We must first wait for God's law before we catch at his promises.
Matthew Henry quotes: Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all. Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all.
Matthew Henry quotes: We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God. We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.
Matthew Henry quotes: Earth is embittered to us, that heaven may be endeared. Earth is embittered to us, that heaven may be endeared.
Matthew Henry quotes: 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. 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.
Matthew Henry quotes: Better to get up late and be wide awake then, than to get up early and be asleep all day. Better to get up late and be wide awake then, than to get up early and be asleep all day.
Matthew Henry quotes: thus God's spiritual Israel shall be kept through the wilderness of this earth, and from the insults of the gates of hell. thus God's spiritual Israel shall be kept through the wilderness of this earth, and from the insults of the gates of hell.
Matthew Henry quotes: The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies.
Matthew Henry quotes: Not lost, but gone before. Not lost, but gone before.
Matthew Henry quotes: Those who complain most are most to be complained of. Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
Matthew Henry quotes: One way or other, God will give redress to the injured, who in a humble silence commit their cause to him; One way or other, God will give redress to the injured, who in a humble silence commit their cause to him;
Matthew Henry quotes: Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind. Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind.
Matthew Henry quotes: Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
Matthew Henry quotes: Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns. Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.
Matthew Henry quotes: Men of polite learning and a liberal education. Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
Matthew Henry quotes: None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves.
Matthew Henry quotes: What peace can they have who are not at peace with God? What peace can they have who are not at peace with God?
Matthew Henry quotes: As time will not wear out the guilt of sin, so it will not blot out the records of conscience; As time will not wear out the guilt of sin, so it will not blot out the records of conscience;
Matthew Henry quotes: Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it. Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and half-heartedness of the professors of it.
Matthew Henry quotes: God warns before he wounds. God warns before he wounds.
Matthew Henry quotes: Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth. Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
Matthew Henry quotes: Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had. Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.
Matthew Henry quotes: The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Matt. 4:4. The word of God is the manna by which our souls are nourished, Matt. 4:4.
Matthew Henry quotes: To wait on God is to live a life of desire towards him, delight in him, dependence on him, and devotedness to him. To wait on God is to live a life of desire towards him, delight in him, dependence on him, and devotedness to him.
Matthew Henry quotes: It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
Matthew Henry quotes: The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
Matthew Henry quotes: it is a great mercy to be reclaimed and called home when we go astray, though it be by a tempest. it is a great mercy to be reclaimed and called home when we go astray, though it be by a tempest.
Matthew Henry quotes: The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain. The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.
Matthew Henry quotes: It is Christ living in the soul by faith that makes the body a living sacrifice, It is Christ living in the soul by faith that makes the body a living sacrifice,
Matthew Henry quotes: Blushing is the colour of virtue. Blushing is the colour of virtue.
Matthew Henry quotes: The observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than the observance of the laws of Moses was. The observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than the observance of the laws of Moses was.
Matthew Henry quotes: Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
Matthew Henry quotes: 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. 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.
Matthew Henry quotes: It is better to die in the field of honour than to live in the chains of slavery; It is better to die in the field of honour than to live in the chains of slavery;
Matthew Henry quotes: All this and heaven too. All this and heaven too.
Matthew Henry quotes: For us to err, with the Bible in our hands, is the effect of pride, sloth, and carelessness. For us to err, with the Bible in our hands, is the effect of pride, sloth, and carelessness.
Matthew Henry quotes: The streams of religion run deep or shallow, according as the banks of the Sabbath are kept up or neglected. The streams of religion run deep or shallow, according as the banks of the Sabbath are kept up or neglected.
Matthew Henry quotes: We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season. We read of preaching the Word out of season, but we do not read of praying out of season, for that is never out of season.
Matthew Henry quotes: To fish in troubled waters. To fish in troubled waters.
Matthew Henry quotes: If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us. If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.
Matthew Henry quotes: Such is the corruption of nature that the bad are much more likely to debauch the good than the good to reform the bad. Such is the corruption of nature that the bad are much more likely to debauch the good than the good to reform the bad.
Matthew Henry quotes: for God's work is its own wages, and there is a present reward of obedience in obedience. for God's work is its own wages, and there is a present reward of obedience in obedience.
Matthew Henry quotes: Man takes great pains to heap up riches, and they are like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread. Man takes great pains to heap up riches, and they are like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.
Matthew Henry quotes: Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one. Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one.
Matthew Henry quotes: ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better. ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better.
Matthew Henry quotes: We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils. We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils.
Matthew Henry quotes: He will come quickly; let this word be always sounding in our ear, He will come quickly; let this word be always sounding in our ear,
Matthew Henry quotes: Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed. Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.
Matthew Henry quotes: Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable. Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.
Matthew Henry quotes: They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts. They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
Matthew Henry quotes: God is either your worst enemy or your best friend. God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.
Matthew Henry quotes: The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man. The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.
Matthew Henry quotes: Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world. Death to a good man is his release from the imprisonment of this world, and his departure to the enjoyments of another world.
Matthew Henry quotes: Note, Religion teaches good manners, and obliges us to give honour to those to whom honour is due. Note, Religion teaches good manners, and obliges us to give honour to those to whom honour is due.
Matthew Henry quotes: It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him. It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him.
Matthew Henry quotes: We must never promise ourselves any more than God has promised us. We must never promise ourselves any more than God has promised us.
Matthew Henry quotes: I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself. I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.
Matthew Henry quotes: The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity, and what we should be most solicitous about for ourselves and others. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity, and what we should be most solicitous about for ourselves and others.
Matthew Henry quotes: Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl. Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.
Matthew Henry quotes: The treasures of wisdom are hidden not from us, but for us, in Christ. The treasures of wisdom are hidden not from us, but for us, in Christ.
Matthew Henry quotes: God is the first and best, and therefore must have the first and best. God is the first and best, and therefore must have the first and best.
Matthew Henry quotes: As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another. As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.
Matthew Henry quotes: What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearingit hides the word. What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearing
it hides the word.
Matthew Henry quotes: For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel: For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel:
Matthew Henry quotes: God's favour is happiness. God's favour is happiness.
Matthew Henry quotes: The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him. The Bible is a letter God has sent to us; prayer is a letter we send to him.
Matthew Henry quotes: Man's extremity is God's opportunity of helping and saving. Man's extremity is God's opportunity of helping and saving.
Matthew Henry quotes: There may be idols in the heart, where there are none in the sanctuary. There may be idols in the heart, where there are none in the sanctuary.

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