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A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.

A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.

Francis Atterbury
Wise, Blessing, Community
Francis Atterbury (1774). “Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions”, p.58

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.

Francis Atterbury
Humble, People, Victory

Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without.

Francis Atterbury
Mean, Solitude, Encounters

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.

Francis Atterbury
Wise, Men, Order

Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.

Francis Atterbury
School, Affliction, Virtue

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

Francis Atterbury
Ministers, Priesthood, Nations
Francis Atterbury (1709). “A Sermon Preach'd Before the Sons of the Clergy, At Their Anniversary-Meeting In The Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, Dec. 6. 1709”, p.8