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Fear is prophetical of evil.

Benjamin Whichcote

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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Christian Men Understanding
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
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Humble Inspirational Self Esteem
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Imposeth Law Righteousness Self
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
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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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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Carrie Idol Men
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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Made Neighbor Supply
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
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Evil Good Measure Some Themselves
Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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Greater Power Truth
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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Body Mind Principles
The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.
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Approach Flower Soul Sun
Conscience without judgment is superstition.
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Conscience Judgment Superstitions

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