Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.

If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.

Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness and rending in pieces the Church of Christ by needless separations and endless divisions.

Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a hospital founded on purpose to receive all sick and maimed persons that, when they can live no longer to the lusts of the flesh and the sinful pleasures of this world, can but put up a cold and formal petition to be admitted there. No, no, as sure as God is true, they shall never see the Kingdom of God who, instead of seeking it in the first place, make it their last refuge and retreat.