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Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
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
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
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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May Reason Together
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
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 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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Reform Religion Thinking
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise
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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Learning Taught Teacher
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
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
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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Approach Flower Soul Sun
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Charity Good More Ourselves
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem

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