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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
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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Firsts Impossible Men
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
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
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
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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Acceptance Law Teacher
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.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous

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