A benefactor is a representative of God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhat is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with 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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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