Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry was a British Nonconformist and Presbyterian minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England. He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Isycoed
- Educated at
- Gray's Inn
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Those who will not be counselled, cannot be helped. More souls are ruined by pride than by any other sin whatever."
"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 …"
"Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life."
"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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Timeline
1662
Born
Birth1714
Died
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