Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhere Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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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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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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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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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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A benefactor is a representative of God.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
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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 sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Conscience is … the God dwelling in us.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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