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
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.
cost littles good-words
A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
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.
charity benefactors representatives
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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.
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 joy
Joy is the life of man's life.
men law grace
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
jesus human-nature christ
Christ is God clothed with human nature.
inspirational empty
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
enjoy
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
eternity expect god greater happiness rejoice
Expect no greater happiness in Eternity, than to rejoice in God