Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a Welsh - TopicsExpress



          

Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a Welsh Non-Conformist minister. Life He was born at Broad Oak, Iscoyd, a farmhouse on the borders of Flintshire and Shropshire. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662. Unlike most of his fellow-sufferers, Philip possessed some private means, and was thus able to give his son a good education. Matthew went first to a school at Islington, and then to Grays Inn. He soon gave up his legal studies for theology, and in 1687 became minister of a Presbyterian congregation at Chester. While in Chester, Henry founded the Presbyterian Chapel in Trinity Street. He moved again in 1712 to Mare Street, Hackney. Two years later (22 June 1714), he died suddenly of apoplexy at the Queens Aid House (41 High Street) in Nantwich while on a journey from Chester to London. Works Matthew Henrys well-known six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1708–1710) or Complete Commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible. covering the whole of the Old Testament, and the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament. After the authors death, the work was finished (Romans through Revelation) by thirteen other nonconformist ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henrys hearers, and edited by George Burder and John Hughes in 1811. Henrys commentaries are primarily exegetical, dealing with the scripture text as presented, with his prime intention being explanation, for practical and devotional purposes. While not being a work of textual research, for which Henry recommended Matthew Pooles Synopsis Criticorum, Henrys Exposition gives the result of a critical account of the original as of his time, with practical application. It was considered sensible and stylish, a commentary for devotional purposes. Famous evangelical Protestant preachers such as George Whitefield and Charles Spurgeon used and heartily commended the work, with Whitefield reading it through four times - the last time on his knees. Spurgeon stated, Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:29:01 +0000

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