Fear is prophetical of evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that does not repent, sins again.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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