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None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Good
Temptation
Till
None
Known
Opportunity

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Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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The most that any of us know, is the least of that which is to be known.
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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
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There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Fear is prophetical of evil.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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There is no better way to learn than to teach.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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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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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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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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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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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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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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