Unto an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that cannot fade — reserved in heaven for you (i Pet. i. 3, 4).
Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God . . . The dwelling in thee is, as it were, of all rejoicing (Ps. lxxxvi. 3, 7).
He shall cast death down headlong forever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face (Is. XXV. 8).
They shall be inebriated with the plenty of Thy house; Thou (O Lord God) shalt make them drink of the torrent of Thy pleasure (Ps. xxxv. 9).
Eleventh Day
IF thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter lame into life everlasting, than having two feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire: where their worm dieth not (Mark ix. 44).
Labor not for the meat which perisheth but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you (John vi. 27).
Everyone that strive the for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things; and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one (i Cor. ix. 25).
Humble thy spirit very much; for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms (Ecclus. vii. 19).
Twelfth Day
My son, prove thy soul in thy life; and if it be wicked, give it no power (Ecclus. xxxvii. 30). The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit (better) than he that taketh cities (Prov. xvi. 32).
