English - Clergyman | October 18, 1662 - June 22, 1714
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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Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
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Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
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The better day, the worse deed.
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The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
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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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He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
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It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
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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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Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
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