Benjamin Stillingfleet Quotes & Sayings

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Each moss,
Each shell, each drawling insect, holds a rank
Important in the plan of Him who fram'd
This scale of beings; holds a rack which, lost
Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap
Which Nature's self would rue. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

A story should, to please, at least seem true,
Be apropos, well told, concise, and new:
And whenso'er it deviates from these rules,
The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Peace and wickedness are far asunder. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Error is but the shadow of the truth. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Astrological prayers seem to me to be built on as good reason as the predictions. — Benjamin Stillingfleet

Nothing enlarges the gulf of atheism more than the wide passage that lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to teach Christianity. — Benjamin Stillingfleet