Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEHe that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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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.
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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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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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