He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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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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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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