Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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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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