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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
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We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
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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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None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.
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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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Riches are but a means, or instrument and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.
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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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He that does not repent, sins again.
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The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
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We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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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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A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament belief is the denomination of the New.
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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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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher.
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Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
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Believe things, rather than man.
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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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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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