Sin Is Never At A Stay; If

There Do Remain Dispersed In The Soil Of Human Nature Divers Seeds Of Goodness, Of Benignity, Of Ingenuity, Which, Being Cherished, Excited, And Quickened By Good Culture, Do, By Common Experience, Thrust Out Flowers Very Lovely, And Yield Fruits Very Pleasant Of Virtue And Goodness.

Incredulity Is Not Wisdom, But The Worst Kind Of Folly. It Is Folly, Because It Causes Ignorance And Mistake, With All The Consequents Of These; And It Is Very Bad, As Being Accompanied With Disingenuity, Obstinacy, Rudeness, Uncharitableness, And The Like Bad Dispositions; From Which Credulity Itself, The Other Extreme Sort Of Folly, Is Exempt.

It Is A Fair Adornment Of A Man And A Great Convenience Both To Himself And To All Those With Whom He Converses And Deals, To Act Uprightly, Uniformly, And Consistently. The Practice Of Piety Frees A Man From Interior Distraction And From Irresolution In His Mind, From Duplicity Or Inconstancy In His Character, And From Confusion In His Proceedings, And Consequently Securing For Others Freedom From Deception And Disappointment In Their Transactions With Him.

That In Affairs Of Very Considerable Importance Men Should Deal With One Another With Satisfaction Of Mind, And Mutual Confidence, They Must Receive Competent Assurances Concerning The Integrity, Fidelity, And Constancy Each Of Other.

Facetiousness Is Allowable When It Is The Most Proper Instrument Of Exposing Things Apparently Base And Vile To Due Contempt.