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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Done Guilt Mind
Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Depsoseth Shame Sin
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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God Men Religion
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.
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Good Opportunity Temptation
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
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
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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Democracy Men Passion
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
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
Truth is not only a man’s ornament but his instrument; it is the great man’s glory, and the poor man’s stock: a man’s truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.
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Credit Letters Men
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

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