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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.

Benjamin Whichcote

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
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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Men Repentance Should
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Firsts Impossible Men
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
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
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
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
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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Christian Good Human Nature
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

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.

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