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
Benjamin Whichcote quotes about
men law grace
Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.
teacher acceptance law
Those who live not by law would be justified by Custom: but, as common practice is the worst teacher that ever was, so the truth and goodness of things is not to be estimated by the entertainment and acceptance they find in the world.
law judging
The judge is nothing but the law speaking.
work devil laziness
The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.
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.
light darkness mysterious
The more mysterious, the more imperfect; as darkness is, in comparison with light--so is mystery, in comparison with knowledge.
together may reason
Those that differ upon Reason, may come together by Reason.
thinking religion reform
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.
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.
men idols carrie
An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.
cost littles good-words
A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.
men credit letters
Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.