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Joy is the life of man’s life.

Benjamin Whichcote

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
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
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
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
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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Democracy Men Passion
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Done Guilt Mind
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
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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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves

Joy is the life of man’s life.

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