In A Divine Commonwealth Holiness Must Have

You Little Know What You Have Done, When You Have First Broke The Bounds Of Modesty; You Have Set Open The Door Of Your Fancy To The Devil, So That He Can, Almost At His Pleasure Ever After, Represent The Same Sinful Pleasure To You Anew.

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.

Above All Be Much In Secret Prayer And Meditation. By This You Will Fetch The Heavenly Fire That Must Kindle Your Sacrifice: Remember You Cannot Decline And Neglect Your Duty To Your Own Hurt Alone, Many Will Be Losers By It As Well As You.

I Preached As Never Sure To Preach Again, And As A Dying Man To Dying Men.

Keep Your Children As Much As May Be From Ill Company, Especially Of Ungodly Playfellows. It Is One Of The Greatest Dangers For The Undoing Of Children In The World; Especially When They Are Sent To Common Schools: For There Is Scarce Any Of Those Schools So Good, But Hath Many Rude And Ungodly Ill-taught Children In It.