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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.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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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Carrie Idol Men
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
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
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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Angry Needs Repent
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety

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