Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henrywas a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales, United Kingdom but spending much of his life in England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth18 October 1662
mistake thinking judging
Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.
satisfaction comfort sweetest
They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
gay temptation skins
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
sober
Their own second and sober thoughts.
hunger inches famine
They that die by famine die by inches.
heaven
All this and heaven too.
bread brown
Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.
reign bosoms
Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.
heaven grace soul
Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul.
heaven ease kingdoms
The kingdom of heaven was never intended to indulge the ease of triflers, but to the rest of them that labor.
water enemy puddles
Why wilt thou be so sottish, such an enemy to thyself, as to prefer puddle-water, and that poisoned too and stolen, before pure living waters out of thy own well?
purses firsts ethics
I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed.
christian cells cities
It is more to the honor of a Christian by faith to overcome the world, than by monastical vows to retreat from it; more for the honor of Christ to serve him in the city, than to serve him in the cell.
gone losing lost
Not lost, but gone before.