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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Christian Men Understanding
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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Able Men Speak Speech
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
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 is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Democracy Men Passion
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
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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Men Repentance Should
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected

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