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What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.

Benjamin Whichcote

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Benjamin Whichcote
Age: 74 †
Born: 1609
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Theologian
Stoke
Begun
Must
Perfected
Hereafter

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Let not a man's self be to him all in all.
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Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
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Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.
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