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A benefactor is a representative of God.

A good man's life is all of a piece.

A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we've resisted, Our places are assigned.

All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

Christ is God clothed with human nature.

Conscience is ... the God dwelling in us.

Conscience without judgment is superstition.

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.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.

Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.

Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

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.

He that does not repent, sins again.

He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.

He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.

He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.

He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.

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.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

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.

It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.

Let not a man's self be to him all in all.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.

No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.

None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.

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.

None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.

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.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.

Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.

Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light--so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.