That power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEvery profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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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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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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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