Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEntrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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