Zitat des Tages von Matthew Henry:
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
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.
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.
After a storm comes a calm.
Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
They that die by famine die by inches.
Not lost, but gone before.
It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
The better day, the worse deed.
Saying and doing are two things.
Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
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.
They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.