The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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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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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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 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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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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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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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