Of the imitation of Christ, four books. By Thomas a'Kempis

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1883

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Of the growth of patience in the soul and of striving against concupiscence
112
Of humble obedience after the example of Jesus Christ
114
Of considering the secret judgments of God that so we be not lifted up for any thing good in us
116
In everything which we desire how we ought to stand and what we ought to say
118
That true comfort is to be sought in God alone
120
That all our anxieties are to rest on God
121
That temporal sufferings must be borne patiently after the example of Christ
123
Of the endurance of injuries and of the proof of true patience
125
Of the acknowledging of our own infirmities and of the miseries of this life
127
That we are to rest in God above all things
129
Of the remembrance of Gods manifold benefits
132
Of four things that bring much inward peace
135
Of avoiding curious enquiry into the lives of other men
138
Wherein firm peace of heart and true spiritual progress consisteth
139
Chiefest Good
142
Of the neglect of all creatures in order to find
149
Against the vain judgments of man
157
Of the contempt of temporal honour
165
That all grievous things are to be endured for
175
How a desolate person ought to place himself
184
That the grace of God does not unite those
191
That we ought to deny ourselves and imitate Christ
200
A devout exhortation to Holy Communion
213
That many benefits are bestowed upon those that
225
Of thoroughly searching our own conscience and
231
That the body and blood of Christ and the holy
240
That the devout soul ought with the whole heart
246
Of fervent love and vehement desire to receive
252

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Página 203 - Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you ; do this in remembrance of me.
Página 50 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Página 141 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Página 20 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Página 197 - Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Página 4 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Página 189 - Come thou down unto me, come and replenish me early with thy comfort, lest my soul faint for weariness and dryness of mind. I beseech thee, O Lord, that I may find grace in thy sight ; for thy grace is sufficient for me, though other things that nature desireth be not obtained.
Página 191 - He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me : and I will love him, and will manifest Myself unto him, and will make him sit together with Me in My Father's kingdom.
Página 176 - Let thy servant rejoice in thee, not in himself nor in any thing else ; for thou alone art the true gladness, thou art my hope and my crown, thou art my joy and my honour, O Lord. What hath thy servant, but what he hath received from...
Página 142 - And whatsoever is not God, is nothing, and ought to be accounted as nothing.

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