A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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