The Imitation of Christ: In Three Books

IMITATION OF CHRIST.

IN, THREE BOOKS.

BY THOMAS À KEMPIS.

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, BY JOHN PAYNE.

WITH

AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY,

BY THOMAS CHALMERS,

OF GLASGOW.

A NEW EDITION:

EDITED BY HOWARD MALCOM,
Pastor of the Federal Street Baptist Church, Boston

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY LINCOLN & EDMANDS,
No. 59, Washington Street.

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"THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. In three Books. By Thomas à Kempis. Rendered into English from the original Latin, by John Payne. With an Introductory Essay, by Thomas Chalmers, of Glasgow. A New Edition: Edited by Howard Malcom, Pastor of the Federal Street Baptist Church, Boston."

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