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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

Benjamin Whichcote

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
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
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
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
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
Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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Conscience Dwelling
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
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
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
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
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least

None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

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