Matthew Henry Zitate

“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”

“Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.”

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

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

“It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith and resolution to swim against a stream to heaven, and to appear for God when no one else appears for Him.”

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

“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.”

“They that die by famine die by inches.”

“After a storm comes a calm.”

“Not lost, but gone before.”

“The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning.”

“It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."”

“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.”

“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.”

“Men of polite learning and a liberal education.”

“Saying and doing are two things.”

“Those that are above business.”

“It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.”

“Judas had given them the slip.”

“To fish in troubled waters.”

“Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.”

“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”

“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.”

“Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.”

“To their own second thoughts.”

“Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it.”