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Believe things, rather than man.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
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Things
Men
Belief
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Believe

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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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None more deceive themselves than they who think their religion is true and genuine, thought it refines not their spirits and reforms not their lives.
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No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
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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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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
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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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He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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That power is in vain which is never in use.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
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No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
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