Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTERiches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThat power is in vain which is never in use.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEAn idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is no better way to learn than to teach.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEDid Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTESuch an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThere is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEConscience without judgment is superstition.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTETruth 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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEReligion is … being as much like God as man can be.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEEvery profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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