The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

5. Lastly, They shall enjoy this blissful and glorious estate for evermore Therefore it is termed everlasting life; and Christ saith,^a that our joy no man shall take from us. All other joys (be they never so great) have an end.^b Ahasuerus's Feast lasted an hundred and eighty days; but he, and it, and all his joys, are gone. For mortal man to be assumed to heavenly glory, to be associated to Angels, to be satiated with an delights and joys, (but for a time) were much: but to enjoy them for ever, without intermission of end, who can hear it, and not admire it; who can muse of it, and not •e amazed at it? All the Saints of Christ (as soon as they felt once but a true taste of these eternal joys) counted all the ^criches and pleasures of this life to be but loss and dung, in respect of that. And therefore (with unceasing prayers, fastings, alms-deeds, tears, faith, and good life) they laboured to ascertain themselves of this eternal life; and (for the love thereof) they^d willingly either sold, or parted with all their earthly goods and possessions.

5. Lastly, They shall enjoy this blissful and glorious estate for evermore Therefore it is termed everlasting life; and Christ saith,^a that our joy no man shall take from us. All other joys (be they never so great) have an end.^b Ahasuerus's Feast lasted an hundred and eighty days; but he, and it, and all his joys, are gone. For mortal man to be assumed to heavenly glory, to be associated to Angels, to be satiated with an delights and joys, (but for a time) were much: but to enjoy them for ever, without intermission of end, who can hear it, and not admire it; who can muse of it, and not •e amazed at it? All the Saints of Christ (as soon as they felt once but a true taste of these eternal joys) counted all the