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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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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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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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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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 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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