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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Benjamin Whichcote

He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
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
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
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
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
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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Men Repentance Should
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
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
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

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