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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

Benjamin Whichcote

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
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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Done Guilt Mind
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
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
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
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
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
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
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

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