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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?

Benjamin Whichcote

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Men Repentance Should
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law 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
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
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
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain

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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