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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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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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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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