When Men Comfort Themselves With Philosophy, 'tis

A King Is A Thing Men Have Made For Their Own Sakes, For Quietness Sake. Just As In A Family One Man Is Appointed To Buy The Meat.

We Look After Religion As The Butcher Did After His Knife, When He Had It In His Mouth.

Equity Is A Roguish Thing. For Law We Have A Measure, Know What To Trust To; Equity Is According To The Conscience Of Him That Is Chancellor, And As That Is Larger Or Narrower, So Is Equity. 't Is All One As If They Should Make The Standard For The Measure We Call A "foot" A Chancellor's Foot; What An Uncertain Measure Would This Be! One Chancellor Has A Long Foot, Another A Short Foot, A Third An Indifferent Foot. 't Is The Same Thing In The Chancellor's Conscience.

Every Law Is A Contract Between The King And The People And Therefore To Be Kept.

Nothing Is Text But What Is Spoken Of In The Bible And Meant There For Person And Place; The Rest Is Application; Which A Discreet Man May Do Well; But It Is His Scripture, Not The Holy Ghost's. First, In Your Sermons Use Your Logic, And Then Your Rhetoric; Rhetoric Without Logic Is Like A Tree With Leaves And Blossoms, But No Root.