He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETruth 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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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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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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