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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

Benjamin Whichcote

He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
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
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
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
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Learning Teaching Way
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
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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Acceptance Law Teacher
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

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