Thus we read of Matthew Henry's:
(i) studies;
(ii) continued interest in pursuing the ministry;
(iii) Christian growth;
(iv) visit to Richard Baxter in prison;
(v) correspondence, including a lengthy letter to a friend which reads like a mini sermon.
I liked Matthew Henry's exhortations to his friend: 'Heaven and hell are great things indeed, and should be much upon our hearts, and improved by as a spur of constraint to put us upon duty, and a bridle of restraint to keep us from sin. We should labour to see reality and weight in invisible things, and live as those that must be somewhere for ever. See hell the wages and due desert of sin, and heaven the free gift of God through Jesus Christ.'
Want to avoid sin? Consider the consequences of your actions.
R
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