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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

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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Firsts Impossible Men
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
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
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
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
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
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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Ends Life Wish
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
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

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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