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 WHICHCOTEHe is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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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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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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