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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.

Benjamin Whichcote

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Delight Friend Friends True
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
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
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Democracy Men Passion
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
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

No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.

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