If a man will be righteous and equal, let him see, with his neighbour’s eyes, in his own case; and with his own eyes, in his neighbour’s case.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEGood men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
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It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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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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Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Repentance doth alter a man’s case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
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Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
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Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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