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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
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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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A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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Whoever despiseth shame, despiseth sin.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies bad men to incarnate their souls.
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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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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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When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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