A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe judge is nothing but the law speaking.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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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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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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.
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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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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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