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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Approach Flower Soul Sun
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
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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Cases Eye Men
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
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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Done Guilt Mind
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Credit Letters Men
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue

Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.

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