Matthew Henry Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Matthew Henry:
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
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The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
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Saying and doing are two things.
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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
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It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
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Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.
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It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
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They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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Not lost, but gone before.
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Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
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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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It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
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None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
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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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They that die by famine die by inches.
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After a storm comes a calm.
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It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
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Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
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Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
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Better late than never.
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The better day, the worse deed.
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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
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Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.
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Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
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Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
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