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Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Benjamin Whichcote

We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
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
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
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
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
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
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
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
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament

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