What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.
They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidenc… - Francis Atterbury
They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidenc…
- Francis Atterbury
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow. - Francis Atterbury
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections. - Francis Atterbury
If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed. - Francis Atterbury
From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly. - Francis Atterbury
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.
A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good. - Francis Atterbury
A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good.
Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at th… - Francis Atterbury
Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at th…
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this. - Francis Atterbury
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this.
Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undes… - Francis Atterbury
Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undes…
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