[L]ike a couragious Captain does all he can to imbody his Army; he perſvvades, threats, oppoſes, and cries aloud, that albeit Bickermanſe vvas ſlain yet He vvas living; yea that many as good Officers as Bickermanſe vvere in the Army; But in vain; for ſuch vvas their diſorder and pannick fear, that impoſſible it vvas to revoke them: […]

The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there are 120 gallons of that accurſed ſpirit, whiſkey, ſold.

for of all the outward blessings that God affords us, our time is incomparably the most precious and inestimable; and therefore, though he gives us his other blessings in great variety, and provides for us a plentiful choice of meats, drinks, and raiment, yet in the distribution of our time he seems to be more sparing and straithanded ; for he gives it not to us in rivers, but drop by drop, and minute after minute, so that we can never enjoy two moments together, but, whenever he gives us one, he always takes away another.

A sheep may teach thee to foot a precipice, a goat to leap a chasm; for there is a mutuation between the great and the little, that the young do not see, and the proud will not own.