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.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWhen we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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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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The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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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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