A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEThe more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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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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He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
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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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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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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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