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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

Benjamin Whichcote

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
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
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
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
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
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
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
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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Delight Friend Friends True
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way

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