John Tillotson
John Tillotson
John Tillotsonwas the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
arbitrary wickedness vices
Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
hardest islands
These are some of the hardest islands to visit. Many of them don't have airports.
almost classical
It's a classical destination. It's almost like a pilgrimage.
almost chase children farther flies hands happiness near pursue
So that we pursue the happiness of this world just as little Children chase birds, when we think we are come very near it and have it almost in our hands it flies farther from us than it was at first
benefit god men might necessary seem
If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might also seem to be made for the use and benefit of men
lying men giving
The crime of a bad example is the same whether men follow it or not, because he that gives bad example to others, does what in him lies to draw them into sin; and if they do not follow it, that is no mitigation of his fault.
real people heaven
If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.
heart pleasure sweetness
We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.
mean men may
Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.
integrity men reputation
When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.
fear passion law
Fear is that passion which hath the greatest power over us, and by which God and His laws take the surest hold of us.
hatred mind ease
Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.
patience advantage
Great is the advantage of patience.
needs principles evidence
If they be principles evident of themselves, they need nothing to evidence them.