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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.

Benjamin Whichcote

Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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Christian Men Understanding
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
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
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?
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Able Men Speak Speech
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
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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Hypocrisy Men Soul
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
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
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
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
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
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
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower

Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.

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