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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.

Benjamin Whichcote

None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Reform Religion Thinking
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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Credit Letters Men
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Acceptance Law Teacher
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
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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Firsts Impossible Men
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical

Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.

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