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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.

Benjamin Whichcote

The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
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
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
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 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
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
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
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
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
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
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
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
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
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men

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