On a _Sunday_ night you may sometimes hear him condemning the iniquity of _town rakes_; and the bitterest thing that he says against them is this, that he verily believes, some of them are so abandoned, as not to have a _regular meal_, or a _sound night_’s sleep, in a week. At eleven _Succus_ bids all good night, and parts in great friendship. He is presently in bed, and sleeps till it is time to go to the _coffee-house_ next morning. If you was to live with _Succus_ for a twelvemonth, this is all that you would see in his life, except a few _curses_ and _oaths_ that he uses as occasion offers. And now I cannot help making this reflection: 14. That as I believe the most likely means in the world to inspire a person with true piety, was to have seen the example of some eminent professors of religion: so the next thing that is likely to fill us with the same zeal, is to see the _folly_, the _baseness_, and poor satisfactions of a life destitute of religion. As the one excites us to love and admire the wisdom and greatness of religion; so the other may make us fearful of living without it. For who can help blessing God for the _means of grace_, and for the _hope of glory_, when he sees what variety of folly they sink into, who live without it? Who would not heartily engage in all the labours of a pious life, when he sees what _dull_ sensuality, what _gross_ enjoyments they are left to, who seek for happiness in other ways? So that whether we consider the greatness of religion, or the littleness of all other things, and the meanness of all other enjoyments, there is nothing to be found in the whole nature of things for a thoughtful mind to rest upon, but a happiness in religion. 15. Consider now with yourself, how unreasonably, it is pretended that a life of strict piety must be a _dull_ and _anxious_ state? For, can it with any reason be said that the duties of religion render our lives heavy and melancholy, when they only deprive us of such happiness as has been here laid before you? Must it be tedious to live in the continual exercise of charity and temperance, to act wisely and virtuously, to do good to the utmost of your power, to imitate the divine perfections, and prepare yourself for the enjoyment of God? Must it be dull and tiresome to improve in holiness, to feel the comforts of conscience in all your actions, to know that God is your friend, that all must work for your good; that neither life nor death, neither men nor devils can do you any harm; but that all your sufferings and doings, are in a short time to be rewarded with everlasting glory: must such a state be _dull_ and _tiresome_, for want of such happiness as _Flatus_ or _Feliciana_ enjoys?