Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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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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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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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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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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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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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 is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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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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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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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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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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