Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
BENJAMIN WHICHCOTEFear is prophetical of evil.
More Benjamin Whichcote Quotes
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.
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It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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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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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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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 neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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