When was matthew henry commentary written

Evangelical Free Church of America Blog. Understanding Scripture. Greg Strand. And it may be of use, in the first place, to lay down those great and sacred principles which I go upon, and am governed by, in this endeavour to explain and improve these portions of holy writ; which endeavour I humbly offer to the service of those and to those only I expect it will be acceptable who agree with me in these six principles: That religion is the one thing useful; and to know, and love, and fear God our Maker, and in all the instances both of devout affection, and of good conversation, to keep his commandments, Eccles.

That divine revelation is necessary to true religion, to the being and support of it. About the Book Matthew Henry was a Presbyterian minister in England who began his commentary on the Bible in Martin H. Manser Biography Martin Manser has compiled and edited Bible reference material and English-language dictionaries for nearly thirty years. He lives in Aylesbury, England. He and his wife have two children.

Lamentations 1 Lamentations 2 Lamentations 3 Lamentations 4 Lamentations 5. Joel 1 Joel 2 Joel 3. Obadiah 1. Jonah 1 Jonah 2 Jonah 3 Jonah 4. Nahum 1 Nahum 2 Nahum 3.

Habakkuk 1 Habakkuk 2 Habakkuk 3. Zephaniah 1 Zephaniah 2 Zephaniah 3. Haggai 1 Haggai 2. He was twice married and had one son and nine daughters. III: Matthew Henry did not live to finish his great undertaking i. The Commentary was all in Matthew Henry before a word of it was written down. Then, during his whole Chester ministry, he went over more than once the whole Bible in simple explanations to his people. It was the cynosure round which his meditations — morning, noon and evening — turned, and whatever other knowledge came in his way, he pounced on it with more or less avidity as it served to elucidate or enforce some Bible saying.

What has been remarked of an enthusiast in Egyptian antiquities — that he had grown quite pyramidical — may be said of the Presbyterian minister at Chester; he had grown entirely biblical. He had no ideas which had not either been first derived from Scripture, or afterwards dissolved in it. And as his shrewd sense, his kindly nature, his devotional temperament, and his extensive information, were all thoroughly scripturalized, it needed no forcing nor straining. It was but to turn the tap, and out flowed the racy exposition.

It is not likely I shall live to finish it, or if I should, that it should be of public service, for I am not parnegotio equal to , yet in the sight of God, and, I hope, with a single eye to His glory, I set about it, that I may endeavour something and spend my time to some good purpose, and let the Lord make what use He pleaseth of me. I go about it with fear and trembling, lest I exercise myself in things too high for me.

The Lord help me to set about it with great humility. I desire to bless God that He has given me to see it finished. The zest with which he began lasted all along.