You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation.

The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?

In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.

Paganism attributes the creation of the world to blind chance.

Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works; and these are the doors and windows by which iniquity entereth into the soul.

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious.

Get 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.