By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together.
Charles SpurgeonPleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle!
Charles SpurgeonInconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.
Charles SpurgeonDo what you may, strive as earnestly as you can, live as excellently as you please, make what sacrifices you choose, be as eminent as you can for everything that is lovely and of good repute, yet none of these things can be pleaseing to God unless they be mixed with faith.
Charles Spurgeon