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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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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.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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