John Tillotson
John Tillotson
John Tillotsonwas the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
men justice charity
The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.
men riches miserable
The covetous man heaps up riches, not to enjoy them, but to have them; and starves himself in the midst of plenty, and most unnaturally cheats and robs himself of that which is his own; and makes a hard shift, to be as poor and miserable with a great estate, as any man can be without it.
confidence hurt men
Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.
truth lines way
Truth is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line.
drinking sleep night
In matters of great concern, and which must be done, there is no surer argument of a weak mind than irresolution; to be undetermined where the case is so plain, and the necessity so urgent. To be always intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating, and drinking, and sleeping, from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.
christian men mind
The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.
helpful abstinence ends
Abstinence is many times very helpful to the end of religion.
revenge anger storm
Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.
anger liable controversy
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.
nice men dust
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.
strong passion men
No man's body is as strong as his appetites, but Heaven has corrected the boundlessness of his voluptuous desires by stinting his strength and contracting his capacities.
bible book world
With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.
reality religion world
Religion in a magistrate strengthens his authority, because it procures veneration, and gains a reputation to it. In all the affairs of this world, so much reputation is in reality so much power.
men religion purpose
Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.