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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

Benjamin Whichcote

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
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
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
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
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Fear is prophetical of evil.
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Evil Fear Prophetical
Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Blind Men Willpower
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Humility Mind Sobriety
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Guilty Jealous Measure Men Some
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
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.
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Firsts Impossible Men

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

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