A good man’s life is all of a piece.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhat is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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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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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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