It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEIt 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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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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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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He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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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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