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

Benjamin Whichcote

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
Some 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.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
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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Reform Religion Thinking
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Learning Taught Teacher
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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Cases Eye Men
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
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
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
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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Done Guilt Mind
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance

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

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