and women should believe Him an eternal companion for their carnal and sensual minds: for "As the tree falls, so it lies; and as death leaves men, judgment finds them;" and there is no repentance in the grave. Therefore, I beseech you, to whom this comes, to retire: withdraw a while: let not the body see all, taste all, enjoy all; but let the soul see too, taste and enjoy those heavenly comforts and refreshments proper to that eternal world, of which she is an inhabitant, and where she must ever abide in a state of peace or plagues, when this visible one shall be dissolved. CHAPTER XX. _The doctrine and practice of the blessed Lord Jesus, and his Apostles; the primitive Christians, and those of more modern times, in favour of this discourse._ 1. The Doctrine of Christ, from Mat. v. about denial of self.--2. John the Baptist's example.--3. The testimonies of the apostle Peter, &c.--4. Paul's godly exhortation against pride, covetousness, and luxury.--5. The primitive Christians' nonconformity to the world.--6. Clemens Romanus against the vanity of the Gentiles.--7. Machiavel, of the zeal of the primitive Christians.--8. Tertullian, Chrysostom, &c. on Mat. xii. 36.--9. Gregory Nazianzen.--10. Ambrose.--11. Augustine.--12. Council of Carthage.--13. Cardan.--14. Gratian.--15. Waldenses.--16. What they understood by daily bread in the Lord's Prayer.--17. Their judgment concerning taverns.--18. Dancing, Music, &c.--19. An epistle of Bartholomew Tertian to the Waldensian churches, &c.--20. Their extreme suffering and faithfulness. Their degeneracy reproved, that call them their ancestors.--21. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, relieving slaves and prisoners.--22. Acacius, Bishop of Amida, his charity to enemies. Having abundantly shown how much the doctrine and the conversation of the virtuous Gentiles condemn the pride, avarice, and luxury of the professed Christians of the times; I shall, in the next place, to discharge my engagement, and farther fortify this discourse, present my reader with the judgment and practice of the most christian times; as also of eminent writers, both ancient and modern. I shall begin with the blessed Author of that religion.