Pithy gems from Matthew Henry!
(You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
马太亨利的精辟箴言！
（在阅读以下文字时，聆听音频会对你很有帮助。）
We cannot expect too little from man, nor too much from God!
我们对人的期望不能太多，对上帝的期望却不会太多！
A life spent in the service of God and communion with Him, is the most pleasant life that anyone can live in this world.
在服侍上帝和与祂相交中度过的人生，是任何人在这世上能过的最愉快的生活。
The Bible is a letter God has sent to us. Prayer is a letter we send to Him.
圣经是上帝寄给我们的信。祷告是我们寄给祂的信。
We should take heed of pride, it is the sin that turned angels into devils!
我们应当警惕骄傲，这是使天使变成魔鬼的罪！
God is either your best friend, or your worst enemy.
上帝要么是你最好的朋友，要么是你最大的敌人。
Knowledge is vain and fruitless, which is not reduced to practice.
不付诸实践的知识是虚妄无用的。
Out of Christ, God is a consuming fire. In Christ, God is a reconciled Father.
在基督之外，上帝是烈火。在基督里，上帝是和好的父。
Our temptations, if not yielded to, are not sins; they are afflictions only.
我们的诱惑，如果不屈服于它，就不是罪；它们只是苦难而已。
Sin is the sickness, disease and torment of the soul! Christ came to take away sin, and so to heal the soul.
罪是灵魂的疾病、病痛和折磨！基督来是要除去罪，从而医治灵魂。
A man may go idle to Hell; but he who will go to Heaven must be diligent.
人可以懒惰地下地狱；但要上天堂的人必须勤勉。
It is the duty of Christians to desire, and aim at and press towards perfection in grace and holiness.
基督徒的责任是渴望、追求并努力达到恩典和圣洁的完全。
Pride is a subtle sin–it creeps into our pious duties before we are aware!
骄傲是一种隐秘的罪–它在我们未察觉时就悄悄潜入我们虔诚的职责中！
If God does not give His people what they ask for, it is because He knows they do not need it, and that it is not for their good.
如果上帝不给祂的子民他们所求的，那是因为祂知道他们不需要它，而且那对他们并无益处。
Even the richest of men are indebted to the mercy of God for their daily bread.
即使最富有的人，也要靠上帝的怜悯才能得到日用饮食。
We cannot alter the disposals of Providence, therefore we must humbly submit and resign ourselves to them.
我们无法改变神的安排，因此我们必须谦卑顺服并将自己交托给祂。
No guilt is so great, but there is a remedy in Christ’s blood which atones for it. No corruption is so strong, but there is a remedy in His grace which can subdue it.
没有罪孽大到基督的宝血不能赎的。没有败坏强到祂的恩典不能制服的。
Those who are passing with Christ over the ocean of this world, must expect storms.
与基督一同渡过这世界之海的人，必须预料会有风暴。
The great intention of the blessed Jesus in the redemption He wrought, is to separate our hearts from sin.
蒙福的耶稣在祂所成就的救赎中的重大目的，是要使我们的心远离罪。
In the gospel there is a salve for every sore, and a remedy for every malady. There is no spiritual disease, but there is power in Christ for the cure of it!
福音中对每个伤痛都有膏药，对每个疾病都有良方。没有任何属灵的疾病是基督的能力不能医治的！