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.
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- Isycoed
- Educated at
- Gray's Inn
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Trending topics shown first"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."
"It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church."
"Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life."
"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 …"
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1662
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Birth1714
Died
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