Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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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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