We Look After Religion As

Prayer Should Be Short, Without Giving God Almighty Reasons Why He Should Grant This, Or That; He Knows Best What Is Good For Us.

Men Say They Are Of The Same Religion, For Quietness' Sake; But If The Matter Were Well Examined, You Would Scarce Find Three Anywhere Of The Same Religion On All Points.

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.

More Solid Things Do Not Show The Complexion Of The Times So Well As Ballads And Libels.

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; Yet More Are Taken With Rhetoric Than Logic, Because They Are Caught With Fine Expressions When They Understand Not Reason.