A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEvery 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?
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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 repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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 Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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