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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Benjamin Whichcote

What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
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
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
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
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
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
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 more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
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
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
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

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