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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.

Benjamin Whichcote

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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Belief Denominations Old Testament
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
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Acceptance Law Teacher
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
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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Christian Good Human Nature
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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Men Repentance Should
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Ends Life Wish
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions

God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.

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