One Good Man May Take Another's Word,

If Laying Aside All Worldly Greatness And Vain-glory, I Should Be Ask'd Where I Thought It Was Most Probable That Men Might Enjoy True Happiness, I Would Prefer A Small Peaceable Society, In Which Men, Neither Envy'd Nor Esteem'd By Neighbours, Should Be Contented To Live Upon The Natural Product Of The Spot They Inhabit, To A Vast Multitude Abounding In Wealth And Power, That Should Always Be Conquering Others By Their Arms Abroad, And Debauching Themselves By Foreign Luxury At Home.

Some People Are Not To Be Persuaded To Taste Of Any Creatures They Have Daily Seen And Been Acquainted With, While They Were Alive; Others Extend Their Scruple No Further Than To Their Own Poultry, And Refuse To Eat What They Fed And Took Care Of Themselves; Yet All Of Them Will Feed Heartily And Without Remorse On Beef, Mutton And Fowls When They Are Bought In The Market.

Knowledge Both Enlarges And Multiplies Our Desires, And The Fewer Things A Man Wishes For, The More Easily His Necessities May Be Supply'd.

It Is Visible Then That It Was Not Any Heathen Religion Or Other Idolatrous Superstition, That First Put Man Upon Crossing His Appetites And Subduing His Dearest Inclinations, But The Skilful Management Of Wary Politicians; And The Nearer We Search Into Human Nature, The More We Shall Be Convinced, That The Moral Virtues Are The Political Offspring Which Flattery Begot Upon Pride.

Ye Children Of Promise Who Are Awaiting Your Call To Glory, Take Possession Of The Inheritance That Now Is Yours. By Faith Take The Promises. Live Upon Them, Not Upon Emotions. Remember, Feeling Is Not Faith. Faith Grasps And Clings To The Promises. Faith Says, "i Am Certain, Not Because Feeling Testifies To It, But Because God Says It.