Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENothing 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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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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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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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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