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That power is in vain which is never in use.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Christian Men Understanding
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
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
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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Becoming Mercy Submission
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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Ends Life Wish
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
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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Cases Eye Men
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
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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Christian Good Human Nature
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
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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Able Men Speak Speech
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise

That power is in vain which is never in use.

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