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?
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEA benefactor is a representative of God.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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