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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Able Men Speak Speech
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
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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Democracy Men Passion
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
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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Becoming Mercy Submission
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves

A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

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