Lay hold on eternal life

28. We exhort you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be willing to communicate: κοινωνικοὺς εἶναι. To be of the same spirit (tho’ not in the same outward state) with those believers of antient times, who remained stedfast ἐν τῇ κοινωνίᾳ, in that blessed and holy fellowship, wherein none said, that any thing was his own, but they had all things common. Be a steward, a faithful and wise steward, of God and of the poor; differing from them in these two circumstances only, that your wants are first supplied, out of the portion of your Lord’s goods which remains in your hands, and that you have the blessedness of giving. Thus lay up for yourselves a good foundation, not in the world, which now is, but rather for the time to come, that ye may lay hold on eternal life. The great foundation indeed of all the blessings of God, whether temporal or eternal, is the Lord Jesus Christ, his righteousness and blood, what he hath done, and what he hath suffered for us. And other foundation, in this sense, can no man lay; no not an apostle, no not an angel from heaven. But thro’ his merits, whatever we do in his name, is a foundation for a good reward, in the day when every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. Therefore, labour thou, not for the meat that perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life. Therefore whatsoever thy hand now findeth to do, do it with thy might. Therefore let