If Life Be Long, I Will Be

Naturally, Men Are Prone To Spin Themselves A Web Of Opinions Out Of Their Own Brain, And To Have A Religion That May Be Called Their Own. They Are Far Readier To Make Themselves A Faith, Than To Receive That Which God Hath Formed To Their Hands; Are Far Readier To Receive A Doctrine That Tends To Their Carnal Commodity, Or Honor, Or Delight, Than One That Tends To Self-denial.

God Takes Men's Hearty Desires And Will, Instead Of The Deed, Where They Have Not Power To Fulfill It; But He Never Took The Bare Deed Instead Of The Will.

I Did Nothing That I Might Not Have Done Better.

It Is As Hard A Thing To Maintain A Sound Understanding, A Tender Conscience, A Lively, Gracious, Heavenly Spirit, And An Upright Life In The Midst Of Contention, As To Keep Your Candle Lighted In The Greatest Storms.

Life Is Short, And We Are Dull, And Eternal Things Are Necessary, And The Souls That Depend On Our Teaching Are Precious.