No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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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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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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 of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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