Benjamin Whichcote on self
Benjamin Whichcote80 quotes“Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.”
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote He that does not repent, sins again.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote 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.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote 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.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote Believe things, rather than man.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote 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.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote 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.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote A benefactor is a representative of God.
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