Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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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 would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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