The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry: Containing, in Addition to Those Heretofore Published, Numberous Sermons, Now First Printed from the Original Manuscript; an Appendix, on What Christ is Made to Believers, in Forty Real Benefits

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Página 443 - like early dew. 2 Thou spread's! the curtains of the night, Great guardian of my sleeping hours ; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to thy command, To thee I consecrate my days ; Perpetual blessings from thine hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Página 212 - sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun, (Eccl. xi. 7.) it rejoiceth the heart, Prov. xv. 30. Hence, light is often put for joy and comfort ; but no light is comparable to that of the
Página 102 - of Nantwich, whose turn it was to preach that lecture, brought up the long train of mourners, as he expressed it, in a most savoury and pertinent discourse, on Hebrews xiii. 7. Remember them which have (or have had) the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their
Página 289 - darts of the wicked one, and all his wicked instruments. (4.) Learn to pause. It is a good rule, as in our communion with God, so in our converse with men, (Eccl. v. 2.) Be not rash with thy mouth, and le.t not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing.
Página 96 - ;—O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I declared all thy wondrous works. Now, also, when I am old and grey-headed, O God. forsake me not ! And we should thus pray. For, when God forsakes, it is like as when the soul forsakes the body. There is nothing left but a
Página 406 - I come and see them, or else be absent, I may hear comfortably of their affairs, that they stand fast in one spirit with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel. I am, Their cordial and affectionate Well-wisher,
Página 55 - from Proverbs iii. 33. The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, but he blesseth the habitation of the just. Though it be rising again, saith he in his Diary, out of its ashes, yet the burning of it should not be forgotten, especially not
Página 214 - to keep that which I have committed to him against that day. They that know what it is to be in pain for sin, and in care to obtain the favour of God, cannot but know what a pleasure it is to believe in Christ as the propitiation for our sins, and our intercessor with God. How can we live
Página 443 - Faith in his name forbids my fear : O may thy presence ne'er depart ! And in the morning make me hear The love and kindness of thy heart. 6 Thus when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound.] A SONG
Página 369 - it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge, to lay hold on the hope set before us, Heb. vi. 17, 18. Take him at his word then, and build thy hope upon it:

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