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
evil good-and-evil be-good
Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
angel repentance pardon
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
becoming mercy repentance
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.
men willpower blind
Will, without reason, is a blind man's motion; will, against reason, is a madman's motion.
hereafter
What is Perfected hereafter, must be begun here.
cost littles good-words
A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
jealous men guilty
No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.
mind guilt done
A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.
thinking men action
No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.
learning way teach
There is no better way to learn than to teach.
charity benefactors representatives
A benefactor is a representative of God.
power use vain
That power is in vain which is never in use.
christian men understanding
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.
men harm can-do
None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.