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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.

Benjamin Whichcote

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
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
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
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
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
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
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
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious

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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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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