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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Benjamin Whichcote

He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
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
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
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
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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Ends Life Wish
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Imply Profession Service
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
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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Christian Good Human Nature
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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Credit Letters Men
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious

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