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?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEDid 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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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