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In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and that they mutually illustrate each other.
Matthew Henry
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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
Matthew Henry
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Judas had given them the slip.
Matthew Henry
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To their own second thoughts.
Matthew Henry
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The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
Matthew Henry
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So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.
Matthew Henry
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Whatever we have, the property of it is God's; we have only the use of it, according to the direction of our great Lord, and for his honour.
Matthew Henry
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Saying and doing are two things.
Matthew Henry
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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.
Matthew Henry
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Blushing is the colour of virtue.
Matthew Henry
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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.
Matthew Henry
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Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
Matthew Henry
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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
Matthew Henry
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Not lost, but gone before.
Matthew Henry
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An active faith can give thanks for a promise even though it be not yet performed, knowing that God's bonds are as good as ready money.
Matthew Henry
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
Matthew Henry
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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
Matthew Henry
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Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
Matthew Henry
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Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
Matthew Henry
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Our creature comforts
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Better late than never.
Matthew Henry
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Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
Matthew Henry
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The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.
Matthew Henry
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No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
Matthew Henry
