Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTENo man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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