Quotes by Matthew Henry

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

“Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart...”

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

“Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes”

“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.”

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

“Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest, a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous.”

“Prophets often foretold destruction and sometimes the destruction did not come, yet this did not disprove their divine mission, as in the case of Jonah. For God is gracious, and ready to turn away ...”

“As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.”

“Wherever there is true grace, there is a desire for more grace.”

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

“The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.”

“No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.”

“The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies.”

“If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.”

“None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.”

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

“After a storm comes a calm.”

“If you take a book into your hands, be it 'God's book, or any other useful good book,' rely on God to make it profitable to you. Do not waste time reading unprofitable books. When you read, do so n...”

“Those who complain most are most to be complained of.”