Happilier

Now further, for people that liue vnder a good miniſtry, (to ſay a little of them, Moſes his being among the people, doth wofully prognoſticate, vnto what a paſſe they are like to grow, if they had elbow roome. For though none might liue happilier then they, yet who (for the moſt part) doe leſſe looke after it? for as they in Moſes abſence from them but fortie daies, made themſelues a calfe to worſhip: euen ſo the people are ſo brutiſh in theſe daies, and diſordered, euen while their faithfull paſtors liue with them, that the greateſt part of them, take no good by them: what did I ſay? nay they liue moſt offenſiuely vnder them.

For in me there is no more feare of eternall death, ſeeing my ſoule, beleeuing in the Sonne of God, before death, paſſeth from death to life, I doe no more feare corporall death, becauſe in reſpect of me it is no more a paine inflicted vpon mee for ſin, but a teſtimony of the goodnes of God, who by that way will haue me enter into life, no more a deſtruction vnto mee, but a preparation made for me to attain to a better ſtate, and to liue happilier, nor no more a ſubiect to deſpaire, but an argument of hope, that I ſhall ſee my Sauiour in my fleſh, participating with his life, to be with him without ſpot or wrinkle, feare of death, or vengeance for ſinne: […]

Nor did’ſt thou courage vvant, though thou did’ſt kill / Thy father, and his pretious bloud did’ſt ſpill. / Would thy valour had beene happilier employ’d, / Though he vvere unvvillingly by thee deſtroy’d. / For thou Ægiſthus kill’dſt unluckily, / And did’ſt fulfill thy hapleſſe fate thereby.

Notwithſtanding by his free goodneſſe hee hath inveſted us in ſome right, both by Promiſe, Oath and Covenant, by which it is impoſſible, as Saint Paul ſaith, that he ſhould play falſe with us; ſo that though he may ſeem to treat us unjuſtly here, yet hee can and will recompence it happilier to us in an other world, whereas dunghill Flies by his holy will are not capable of another life: […]

Wherefore I have delibe∣rated to beseech you, to give me leave to goe abroad, being an ar∣med Knight, desiring to receive this Order by no other more valiant, or happilier presaging hand then yours.

We ought likewiſe to conſider that there are moral Vertues which conciliate ſuch a Reverence to the Practiſers of them, that they are great helps to preſerve and make flouriſhing every Kingdom and Commonweal, and which conſtitute a conſiderable Religious Portion of civil Government; and when Princes and People exerciſe them, both live happilier, than when without them, great Sanctity and Devotion are only pretended. […] Being deſirous, as much as I can, to ſhow the Ancienteſt uſages, and under the ſeveral Conqueſts of England; how the Government hath received Growth and Alteration (ſometimes the People being under the Slavery of abſolute Conquerors, and other times factious Nobles bearding their Kings) how the even Thred of Regular Government hath been carried on or interrupted; how from an abſolute Power of giving Law, and ruling in a Military way, by the Feudal Law, and many other particulars, the Government is brought to that Temperament, whereby the Subjects may, if they will be dutiful, live happilier than any other do.

All men here have a voice in declaring who shall be the officers of government. This voice is manifested in exercising what is called the right of suffrage. Reason teaches that this is conformable to Nature, and experience shows that better officers are obtained by this method, and that people live happilier under the administration of such officers.

I request you to fashion the suit to be worth to me £3,000 or more, whereby I may have some good cause to think my time, expenses, and service the happilier employed and my obligation to you the greater.

Eggie merrily gets married, and all live happily till presumably Sinus dies, when all live happilier.

Another interesting thing about Happily[-Ever-After Land]’s sky is that, unlike the rest of the North Pole, the sun stays out until around 7 PM every night, causing everyone to live even happilier.