God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event. Matthew Henry More Quotes by Matthew Henry More Quotes From Matthew Henry When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently interred; His clothes fell to the soldiers; His mother He left to the care of John; but what should He leave to His poor disciples that had left all for Him? Silver and gold He had none; but He left them that which was infinitely better, His peace. Matthew Henry mother peace father Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. Matthew Henry wade elephants depth So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar. Matthew Henry anguish sigh pain Those that forget to attend God with their praises may perhaps be compelled to attend him with their prayers. Matthew Henry prayer may forget Saying and doing are two things. Matthew Henry saying-and-doing two-things two Better to get up late and be wide awake then, than to get up early and be asleep all day. Matthew Henry up-early get-up sleep Those will soon come to make nothing of God that will not be content to make him their all. Matthew Henry Though we may now think some sins light and little, if the Lord awaken the conscience, we shall feel even the smallest sin heavy upon our souls. Matthew Henry light soul thinking All this and heaven too. Matthew Henry attitude heaven Nature is content with little; grace with less; but lust with nothing. Matthew Henry grace lust littles Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse. Matthew Henry furnaces gold Men of polite learning and a liberal education. Matthew Henry polite learning men Men may die like lambs and yet have their place forever with the goats. Matthew Henry lambs forever men Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire. Matthew Henry desire heart christ Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example. Matthew Henry example sometimes jesus All obedience begins in the affections, and nothing in religion is done right, that is not done there first. Matthew Henry affection done firsts What harrowing is after sowing, the same is meditation after hearing--it hides the word. Matthew Henry sowing hearing meditation There are remains of great and good men, which, like this mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by the survivors, their sayings, their writings, their examples, that, as their works follow them in the reward of them, they may stay behind in the benefit of them. Matthew Henry good-man survivor men When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that He is coming towards them in mercy. Matthew Henry prayer giving people No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed. Matthew Henry wounds remedy given
