The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAn idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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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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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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