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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Delight Friend Friends True
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
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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Able Men Speak Speech
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
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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Credit Letters Men
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
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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Democracy Men Passion
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves

Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.

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