1286. It was given me to tell him, however, that this is not so, but that they who are truly Christian can live as well as others without misery, they can eat and drink well, but not indulge in luxury, they can be dressed like others, and in like manner enjoy the pleasures of society, and also they can be honored and wealthy. But all these things are corporeal and worldly and they esteem them as nothing compared with heavenly things, wherefore when persecution threatens they esteem all these things as nothing.