The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEFear is prophetical of evil.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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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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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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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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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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