Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt 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.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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