Category Archives: Matthew Henry

Hope => patience…

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 1:3… …remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father… “Wherever there is a well-grounded hope of … Continue reading →

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Though they seek to cover their shame…

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Divine Providence has many ways of entailing disgrace upon the wicked practices even of great men, who, though they seek to cover their shame, are put to a perpetual reproach. Matthew Henry

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Limit of despair…

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Let us think as bad as we can of sin, provided we do not think it unpardonable; let us despair of help in ourselves, but not of help in God. Matthew Henry

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Run to the cross…

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Woe to him that is in despair, and is alone. Matthew Henry

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In bonds of love…

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

A worthwhile contemplation from Matthew Henry’s Commentary, on Matthew 27 and Jesus going bound to Pilate. Worthwhile…to read this against Incarnation and Nativity…Coming to earth in bonds of love… They bound Jesus. He was bound when he was first seized; … Continue reading →

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Carrying off Naboth…

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

If Naboth must be taken off, there are sons of Belial to swear against him. Matthew Henry

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Dust and flesh…

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Lord Jesus deals very tenderly with those who have true grace, though they be weak in it, Isa. 40:11; Heb. 5:2. He remembers not only that we are dust, but that we are flesh. Matthew Henry

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A reflection upon Christians…

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

…the frequent requiring and using of oaths, is a reflection upon Christians, who should be of such acknowledged fidelity, as that their sober words should be as sacred as their solemn oaths. Matthew Henry

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Wilful impenitency…

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Wilful impenitency is the great damning sin of multitudes that enjoy the gospel, and which (more than any other) sinners will be upbraided with to eternity. Matthew Henry

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But praise both…

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:16-19 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, and saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We … Continue reading →

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