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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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