If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.
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Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.John Tillotson
To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.
John Tillotson
Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though 'the commandments of God be not grievous,' yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.
John Tillotson
The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
John Tillotson
The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, But to have them.
John Tillotson
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