ise teacher calling loudly
to me thus, 'Come ye out,' said he, 'all ye that will to be saved. Be
ye separate from the vanity of the world, for the fashion thereof
quickly passeth away, and behold it shall not be. Come ye out, without
turning back, not for nothing and without reward, but winning supplies
for travelling to life eternal, for ye are like to journey a long road,
needing much supplies from hence, and ye shall arrive at the place
eternal that hath two regions, wherein are many mansions; one of which
places God hath prepared for them that love him and keep his
commandments, full of all manner of good things; and they that attain
thereto shall live for ever in incorruption, enjoying immortality
without death, where pain and sorrow and sighing are fled away. But
the other place is full of darkness and tribulation and pain, prepared
for the devil and his angels, wherein also shall be cast they who by
evil deeds have deserved it, who have bartered the incorruptible and
eternal for the present world, and have made themselves fuel for
eternal fire.'

"When I heard this voice, and recognized the truth, I did my diligence
to attain to that abode, that is free from all pain and sorrow, and
full of security and all good things, whereof I have knowledge now only
in part, being but a babe in my spiritual life, and seeing the sights
yonder as through mirrors and riddles; but when that which is perfect
is come, and I shall see face to face, then that which is in part shall
be done away. Wherefore I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord; for
the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from
the law of sin and of death, and hath opened mine eyes to see clearly
that the will of the flesh is death, but the will of the Spirit is life
and peace. And even as I did discern the vanity of present things and
hate them with a perfect hatred, so likewise I counsel thee to decide
thereon, that thou mayest treat them as something alien and quickly
passing away, and mayest remove all thy store from earth and lay up for
thyself in the incorruptible world a treasure that can not be stolen,
wealth inexhaustible, in that place whither thou must shortly fare,
that when thou comest thither thou mayest not be destitute, but be
laden with riches, after the manner of that aptest of parables that I
lately showed thee."

XV.

Said Ioasaph unto the elder, "How then shall I be able to send before
me thither treasures of m