thou must bury my body in the earth and
restore dust to dust, but thyself abide for the time to come in this
place, holding fast to thy spiritual life, and making remembrance of
me, poor as I am. For I fear lest perchance the darksome army of
fiends may stand in the way of my soul, by reason of the multitude of
mine ignorances.

"So do thou, my son, think no scorn of the laboriousness of thy
religious life, neither dread the length of the time, nor the tricks of
devils. But, strong in the grace of Christ, confidently laugh at the
weakness of these thy foes; and, as for the hardness of thy toils, and
the long duration of the time, be as one that daily expecteth his
departure hence, and as if the same day were the beginning and the end
of thy religious life. Thus, always forgetting the things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus, according to the exhortation of the holy Apostle, who saith,
'Let us not faint; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward
man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for
a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding eternal weight of glory;
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the
things which are not seen are eternal."

"Ponder thou over these things, beloved: quit thee like a man; yea, be
strong; and, as a good soldier, do thy diligence to please him who hath
called thee to be a soldier. And, even if the evil one stir in thee
thoughts of neglecting duty, and thou art minded to slacken the string
of thy purpose, fear not his devices, but remember the Lord's command,
which saith, 'In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.' Wherefore, rejoice in the Lord
alway; for he hath chosen and separated thee out of the world, and set
thee, as it were before his countenance. The Master, who hath called
thee with a holy calling, is alway near. Be careful for nothing, but
in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let thy
requests be made known unto God. For he himself hath said, "I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee." So, by the hardness of thy life,
and by scorn of its rigours, win such thoughts as these, and rejoice,
remembering our Lord God, for he saith, 'I remembered God and was glad.'