Matthew Henry Quotes

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It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.

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Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.

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The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.

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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 whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.

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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.

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Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.

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Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but having our hearts and our hopes in heaven, we shall be carried above all difficulties, and be enabled to lay hold of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus.

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Those may justly be reckoned void of understanding that do not bless and praise God; nor do men ever rightly use their reason till they begin to be religious, nor live as men till they live to the glory of God. As reason is the substratum or subject of religion (so that creatures which have no reason are not capable of religion), so religion is the crown and glory of reason, and we have our reason in vain, and shall one day wish we had never had it, if we do not glorify God with it.

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We must believe that He is able to do what He will, wise to do what is best, and good, according to His promise, to do what is best for us, if we love Him, and serve Him.

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God's Word must be the guide of your desires and the ground of your expectations in prayer.

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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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It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.

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Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

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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.

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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.

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None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all who are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

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Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

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The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

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The fear of God reigning in the heart is the beauty of the soul.

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No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

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Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.

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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 greatest of men must turn beggars when they have to do with Christ.

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Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing.

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What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearing--it hides the word.

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Those who will not deliver themselves into the hand of God's mercy cannot be delivered out of the hand of His justice.

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Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.

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