Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcote
Benjamin Whichcotewas a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPhilosopher
men law grace
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
god men
Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.
god men deny
No men stand more in fear of God than those who most deny Him.
friends true-friend delight
Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.
wise men fool
Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.
mind body disease
An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.
perfection use pleasure
He that would have the perfection of pleasure must be moderate in the use of it.
thinking self fit
He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.
neighbor made
We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.
men good-man pieces
A good man's life is all of a piece.
dignity unworthy
It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.
doe profession
Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.
pride conceited self
Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.
christian human-nature good-nature
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.