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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.

Benjamin Whichcote

It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
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 sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.
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Govern Men Self Wonder
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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Men Repentance Should
The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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Half Imperfect Mysterious
The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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Knowledge Known Knows Least
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
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Grace Law Men
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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Democracy Men Passion
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
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Dignity Nature Unworthy
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light–so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
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Darkness Light Mysterious
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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Perfection Pleasure Use
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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Contention Religion Unnatural
Believe things, rather than man.
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Belief Believe Men

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