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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhat is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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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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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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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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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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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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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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