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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.

Benjamin Whichcote

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Delight Friend Friends True
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
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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Men Repentance Should
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
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
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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Christian Good Human Nature
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking

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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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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