Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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