Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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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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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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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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