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

Benjamin Whichcote

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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Doe Harm Men None
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
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Action Men Thinking
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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Political Principle Religion
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
None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.
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Men Wisdom Wise
Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.
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Heaven Hours Moments
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good–a mere stranger will do no harm.
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Delight Friend Friends True
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.
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Cases Eye Men
Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.
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Good Incarnate Men Soul
Let not a man’s self be to him all in all.
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Men Self Selfishness
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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Begun Hereafter Perfected
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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Deny God Men
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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Devil Laziness Work
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
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion

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