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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.
Benjamin Whichcote
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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
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The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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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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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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He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.
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He that repents is angry with himself I need not be angry with him.
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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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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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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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An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
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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 does not repent, sins again.
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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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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
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