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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Becoming Mercy Submission
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
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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Able Men Speak Speech
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
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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Christian Good Human Nature
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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Credit Letters Men
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self

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