None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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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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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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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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