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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.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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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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Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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