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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENone 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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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 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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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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.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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