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==Legacy==

==Legacy==

Henry's first wife Katherine, was only daughter of Samuel Hardware of Bromborough, Cheshire, and she passed away Feb. 14, 1689, at age 25, while giving birth their daughter, Katherine. Henry  married his second wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Warburton of Hefferstone Grange, Cheshire, on July 8, 1690, who survived him. Henry left one son, Philip (1700-1760), and eight daughters, three of whom passed away in infancy.<ref>http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bhenry2.html </ref>  

Henry's first wife Katherine, was only daughter of Samuel Hardware of Bromborough, Cheshire, and she passed away Feb. 14, 1689, at age 25, while giving birth their daughter, Katherine. Henry  married his second wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Warburton of Hefferstone Grange, Cheshire, on July 8, 1690, who survived him. Henry left one son, Philip (1700-1760), and eight daughters, three of whom passed away in infancy.<ref>http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bhenry2.html</ref>  

While not being a work of real technical analysis of texts, for which Henry recommended Poole's ''Synopsis,'' Henry's  "Exposition" is supremely devotional, and reveals an amazing richness of spiritual understanding and practical suggestion.  "The author betrays a remarkable fertility of practical suggestion and, although the work is diffuse, it contains rich stores of truths, which hold the attention by their quaint freshness and aptness, and feed the spiritual life by their Scriptural unction."  Out of a seeming obscure verse Henry can bring to light a deep truth and fitting application. Robert Hall, George Whitefield, and Charles Spurgeon all used and heartily commended the work, with Whitefield reading it through four times - the last time on his knees.<ref>http://www.tlogical.net/biohenry.htm</ref>  Spurgeon stated, " Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least." (Commenting and Commentaries, p. 3).

While not being a work of real technical analysis of texts, for which Henry recommended Poole's ''Synopsis,'' Henry's  "Exposition" is supremely devotional, and reveals an amazing richness of spiritual understanding and practical suggestion.  "The author betrays a remarkable fertility of practical suggestion and, although the work is diffuse, it contains rich stores of truths, which hold the attention by their quaint freshness and aptness, and feed the spiritual life by their Scriptural unction."  Out of a seeming obscure verse Henry can bring to light a deep truth and fitting application. Robert Hall, George Whitefield, and Charles Spurgeon all used and heartily commended the work, with Whitefield reading it through four times - the last time on his knees.<ref>http://www.tlogical.net/biohenry.htm</ref>  Spurgeon stated, " Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least." (Commenting and Commentaries, p.&nbsp;3).

Henry held to a moderate  form of Calvinism, and his congregations found in him a mediating influence between extremes, which sometimes led to charges of compromise,<ref>By H. D. Roberts, ''Matthew Henry and His Chapel 1662-1900''</ref> while other wished he were liberal.

Henry held to a moderate  form of Calvinism, and his congregations found in him a mediating influence between extremes, which sometimes led to charges of compromise,<ref>By H. D. Roberts, ''Matthew Henry and His Chapel 1662-1900''</ref> while other wished he were liberal.

*[http://www.mrmatthewhenry.com  Read Matthew Henry's classic prayerbook 'A Method for Prayer' for free]

*[http://www.mrmatthewhenry.com  Read Matthew Henry's classic prayerbook 'A Method for Prayer' for free]

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