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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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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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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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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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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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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