ABSTRACT
He first published his views on the subject in 1743, early in his career, in the pamphlet Thoughts on Marriage and a Single Life. Here he said that he had often been asked which was to be 'preferr'd', a 'Married State, or a Single Life', and that he had decided to write out an answer. It was that the 'Single Life' was better, at least for believers, and in fact was required of them.
