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If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.
John Tillotson
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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
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Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
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And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.
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Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.
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The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.
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There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.
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For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.
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Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?
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Truth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line.
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Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?
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There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.
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A good word is an easy obligation but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
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Convulsive anger storms at large or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.
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If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.
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Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction.
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Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?
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We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.
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Some things will not bear much zeal and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.
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