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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEModesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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Will, without reason, is a blind man’s motion; will, against reason, is a madman’s motion.
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Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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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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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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