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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.

Benjamin Whichcote

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Free May Wells
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
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Conceited Pride Self
Joy is the life of man’s life.
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Joy Life Man
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
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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Christian Men Understanding
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
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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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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Judging Law Speaking
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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Benefactor Charity Inspiring
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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Fit Self Thinking
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking

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