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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
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
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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Credit Letters Men
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
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
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

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