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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
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
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Learning Taught Teacher
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
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
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles

Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.

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