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

1883

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... present life , and not to make provision for those things which are to come . It is vanity to love that which speedily passeth away , and not to hasten thither where everlasting joy awaiteth thee . 5. Call often to mind that proverb ...

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... present before thine eyes , what were it but a vain sight ? Lift up thine eyes to God in the highest , and pray Him to pardon thy sins and negligences . Leave vain things to the vain ; but be thou intent upon those things which God hath ...

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... present life become to him ; because he sees more clearly and perceives more sensibly the defects of human corruption . For to eat and to drink , to sleep and to watch , to labour and to rest , and to be subject to other necessities of ...

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... present , and doth not rather care for what is to come ! Thou oughtest so to order thyself in all thy thoughts and actions , as if thou wert about to die . If thou hadst a good conscience , thou wouldst not greatly fear death . It were ...

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... present , all is well , and nothing seems difficult ; but when JESUS is absent every thing is hard . When JESUS speaks not inwardly to us , all other comfort is worth nothing ; but if JESUS speak but one word , we feel great consolation ...

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CHAP PAGE I Of the Imitation of Christ and contempt of the vanities of the world	3

Of having a humble opinion of ourselves	5

Of the doctrine of Truth	7

Of wisdom and forethought in our actions	10

Of reading the Holy Scriptures II	11

Of inordinate affections	12

Of vain hope and pride	13

Of too much familiarity	14

Of the inward life	57

Of purity of mind and simple intention	64

Of familiar converse with Jesus	70

Of Christ speaking inwardly to the faithful soul	89

CHAP	95

Of a mean conceit of ourselves in the sight of	105

Of humble obedience after the example of Jesus	114

That true comfort is to be sought in God alone	120

Of subjection and obedience	15

Of superfluous words	16

Of obtaining peace and of zeal for growth in grace	17

Of the profit of adversity	19

Of resisting temptation	20

Of avoiding rash judgment	23

Of works of charity	24

Of bearing with the defects of others	25

Of life in retirement	27

Of the Holy Fathers	28

Of the exercises of a religious person	30

CHAP	33

Of the consideration of human misery	39

Of judgment and the punishment of sinners	47

Of the acknowledging of our own infirmities	127

Of avoiding curious enquiry into the lives of other	138

Against the tongues of slanderers	144

intentions directed unto	153

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 a man should not be too much dejected even	202

A devout exhortation to Holy Communion	213

Of thoroughly searching our own conscience and	231

That the Holy Communion is not lightly to be for	237

That he who is about to communicate ought to pre	244

That we ought to lay open our needs to Christ and	251

That a man should not be a curious searcher into	255

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able affection afflicted art thou Behold beloved blessed body and blood CHAPTER Christ cometh comfort conscience consolation creature cross delight desireth despised devotion didst diligently divine doth earth Ellumination endeavour endure esteem eternal everlasting evil faithful fear fervent flesh glory God's goeth grievous hath heaven heavenly holy communion honour humble humility inwardly JESUS judgment kingdom of God kingdom of heaven labour lest live Lord loveth mercy mind oftentimes outward things patience peace praise prayer profit receive rejoice sacrament saints saith sake salvation seek seeketh shouldst sins soul speak spirit suffer sweet temn temptations thine thou art thou canst thou desire thou dost thou hast Thou knowest thou mayest Thou oughtest thou shalt find thou shalt suffer thou wilt thou wouldst Thy grace thy heart Thy servant thyself tribulation troubled true truly trust truth unless thou unto Thee vanity virtue whatsoever wholly willingly words worthy

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Información bibliográfica

Título	Of the imitation of Christ, four books. By Thomas a'Kempis
Publicado en	1883
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Oxford
Digitalizado	7 Sep 2006

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