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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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