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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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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?
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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