John Tillotson
John Tillotson
John Tillotsonwas the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
passionate proud christ
Are we proud and passionate, malicious and revengeful? Is this to be like-minded with Christ, who was meek and lowly?
long return action
It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.
men atheism should
When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none.
heart expectations desire
In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures, by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them, they do not answer the expectation, nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.
men wicked guilty-conscience
Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?
wickedness kind distraction
Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction.
men littles satire
A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is to commend well.
men soul wicked
There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.
may riches way
There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.
happiness pain anxiety
To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquillity of mind.
christian temptation
Every Christian is endued with a power whereby he is enabled to resist temptations.
sleep procrastination sea
Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?
truth lying men
Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
contentment virtue piety
Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.