Matthew Henry Quotes
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None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification.
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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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Blushing is the colour of virtue.
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Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.
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Days of trouble must be days of prayer.
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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.
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The streams of religion run deep or shallow, according as the banks of the Sabbath are kept up or neglected.
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Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.
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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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They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
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There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one, so that no one will presume.
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Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers.
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Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to oppress.
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We have no sufficient strength of our own. All our sufficiency is of God. We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God's all-sufficiency and the omnipotence of his might.
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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
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Not lost, but gone before.
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The greatest of men must turn beggars when they have to do with Christ.
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Every tear of sorrow sown by the righteous springs up a pearl.
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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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Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.
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Brotherly love is the badge of Christ's disciples.
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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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To a good man, God gives not only wisdom and knowledge, but joy.
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It is a sin against God not to pray for the Israel of God, especially for those of them that are under our charge. Good men are afraid of the guilt of omissions ( I Samuel 12).
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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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Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
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What peace can they have who are not at peace with God?
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The grace that saves them is the free undeserved goodness and favor of God.
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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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All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first.
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