Will any man that hath not lost his senses, now stand caviling, and quarrelling, that so few should be saved, instead of making sure of his own salvation? The reason that there are so few is, because they will not be saved upon God's terms.
Richard BaxterGet masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase.
Richard BaxterIn hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience.
Richard BaxterIf life be long, I will be glad, Tthat I may long obey; If short, yet why should I be sad, To soar to endless day?
Richard BaxterYou shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.
Richard BaxterMake careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly treatises which best expound and apply the scriptures, and next, credible histories, especially of the Church... but take heed of false teachers who would corrupt your understandings.
Richard Baxter