A Foolish Physician He Is,

A Holy And Heavenly Life Is A Continual Pain To The Consciences Of Sinners Around You And Continually Solicits Them To Change Their Course.

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.

Make Careful Choice Of The Books Which You Read: Let The Holy Scriptures Ever Have The Pre-eminence, And, Next To Them, Those Solid, Lively, Heavenly Treatises Which Best Expound And Apply The Scriptures, And Next, Credible Histories, Especially Of The Church... But Take Heed Of False Teachers Who Would Corrupt Your Understandings.

O What A Blessed Day That Will Be When I Shall . . . Stand On The Shore And Look Back On The Raging Seas I Have Safely Passed; When I Shall Review My Pains And Sorrows, My Fears And Tears, And Possess The Glory Which Was The End Of All!

Sit Not Down Without Assurance. Get Alone, And Bring Thy Heart To The Bar Of Trial; Force It To Answer The Interrogatories Put To It; Set The Qualifications Of The Saints On One Side, And The Qualifications Of Thy Soul On The Other Side, And Then Judge What Resemblance There Is Between Them.