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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that does not repent, sins again.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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