What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Keep the commandments.

Ever since our first fathers by infection took this morbum sathanicum, this devilish disease, pride, of the devil, such tinder is our nature, that every little spark sets us on fire; our nature hath grown so light, that every little thing puffeth us up, and sets us aloft in our altitudes presently.

He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.

Two things I recognize, O Lord, in myself: Nature, which Thou hast made; Sin, which I have added.

Well yet, this life such as it is, yet we love it, and loath we are to end it; and if it be in hazard by the law, what running, riding, posting, suing, bribing, and if all will not serve, what breaking prison is there for it!

The Lord is my strength, my strong rock, my defense, my deliverer, the horn of my salvation, and my refuge. Amen.

A cold coming they had of it, at this time of the year; just the worst time of the year to take a journey, and specially a long journey, in.