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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESome 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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