Since the soul is so precious,and salvation so glorious, it is the highest point of prudence to make preparations for the eternal world. It is indisputable that there is an inheritance in light, and that Holy Scripture strongly asserts that there must be a fitness and suitability for it (Col. 1:12). If someone asks, "Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?" the answer is, "He who has clean hands and a pure heart" (Psalm 24:4).
To describe such a person is the work of this treatise that follows. Here we have the image of the godly man, and we see him thus in his personality.