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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Approach Flower Soul Sun
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
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
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
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
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Ends Life Wish
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply

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