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Now if thus much be said for the Piety which appears in the Walls, what might not justly be said for the religious lives of the heavenly Inhabitants? Who endeavouring to follow the Evangelical Counsels (which certainly were not given by Wisdome it self to fall fruit∣less to the ground; to be neglected by all men,
to be imitated by none;) of a more perfect way of life than the meer keeping the Com∣mandments (as these oblige all men under pen∣alty of sin) went and sold, or abandoned, all that they had, and all that they could hope for in this world (to become thereby the poor of Christ, and take up their Cross, that is a penitential life) gave it to the poor, and fol∣lowed him; by imitating his divine, chastity, poverty and obedience, as far forth as by his grace they are capable thereof. Who have but one heart and one soul in our Lord, one common habitation, one purse, one pantery, and live at such a distance from any real propriety, that these cold words, Meum & Tuum, Mine and Thine (the sourse of all dissentions) are banish∣ed out of their Society. Whose whole appli∣cation, as well by profession as practice, is to God and godly Studies; whose exercise is to pray and sing heavenly Psalms, Hymns, and Canticles, before the throne of God, day and night; in a word, whose Conversation is in∣tirely in Heaven.