No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEConscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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