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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Benjamin Whichcote

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
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
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Christ Human Jesus Nature
A good man’s life is all of a piece.
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Good Man Pieces
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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Men Satisfaction Wise
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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Atheism Atheist Thinking
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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Conceited Error Wisdom
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Ends Life Wish
He that does not repent, sins again.
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Repent Repentance Sin
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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Able Men Speak Speech
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Acknowledge Reason
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth

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