Matthew Henry Quotes
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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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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 that die by famine die by inches.
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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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After a storm comes a calm.
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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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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
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To fish in troubled waters.
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Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
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Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.
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It was a common saying among the Puritans, 'Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare.'
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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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It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
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They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
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Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.
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Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
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It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
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The better day, the worse deed.