Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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