What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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