The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEWe are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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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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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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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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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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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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Joy is the life of man’s life.
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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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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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Religion is … being as much like God as man can be.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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